diff --git a/include/xtensor/xfft.hpp b/include/xtensor/xfft.hpp
index 30ef6b01c..b54f09064 100644
--- a/include/xtensor/xfft.hpp
+++ b/include/xtensor/xfft.hpp
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 
 #include <xtl/xcomplex.hpp>
-
 #include <xtensor/xarray.hpp>
 #include <xtensor/xaxis_slice_iterator.hpp>
 #include <xtensor/xbuilder.hpp>
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ namespace xt
                 xt::xtensor<std::size_t, 1> i = xt::pow(xt::linspace<std::size_t>(0, n - 1, n), 2);
                 i %= (n * 2);
 
-                auto angles = xt::eval(::xt::numeric_constants<precision>::PI * i / n);
+                auto angles = xt::eval(precision{3.141592653589793238463} * i / n);
                 auto j = std::complex<precision>(0, 1);
                 exp_table = xt::exp(-angles * j);