diff --git a/OgreMain/include/OgreAssert.h b/OgreMain/include/OgreAssert.h
index 2aede1c8cb..d88c8b6307 100644
--- a/OgreMain/include/OgreAssert.h
+++ b/OgreMain/include/OgreAssert.h
@@ -126,12 +126,10 @@ namespace Ogre
 #    define OGRE_VERIFY_MSG( cond, msg, ... ) ( (void)0 )
 #endif
 
-#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
+#if __cplusplus >= 201703L || defined( _MSVC_LANG ) && _MSVC_LANG >= 201703L
+#    define OGRE_STATIC_ASSERT( x ) static_assert( x )
+#else // C++11
 #    define OGRE_STATIC_ASSERT( x ) static_assert( x, #    x )
-#else
-#    define OGRE_STATIC_ASSERT( x ) \
-        typedef char OgreStaticAssert[( x ) ? 1 : -1]; \
-        OGRE_UNUSED( OgreStaticAssert );
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/RenderSystems/Vulkan/src/OgreVulkanRenderSystem.cpp b/RenderSystems/Vulkan/src/OgreVulkanRenderSystem.cpp
index 9e0f038a1e..e0580907d3 100644
--- a/RenderSystems/Vulkan/src/OgreVulkanRenderSystem.cpp
+++ b/RenderSystems/Vulkan/src/OgreVulkanRenderSystem.cpp
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ namespace Ogre
     //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     void VulkanRenderSystem::savePipelineCache( DataStreamPtr stream ) const
     {
-        static_assert( sizeof( PipelineCachePrefixHeader ) == 48 );
+        OGRE_STATIC_ASSERT( sizeof( PipelineCachePrefixHeader ) == 48 );
         if( mActiveDevice->mPipelineCache )
         {
             size_t size{};
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ namespace Ogre
                     hdr.driverVersion = mActiveDevice->mDeviceProperties.driverVersion;
                     hdr.driverABI = sizeof( void * );
                     memcpy( hdr.uuid, mActiveDevice->mDeviceProperties.pipelineCacheUUID, VK_UUID_SIZE );
-                    static_assert( VK_UUID_SIZE == 16 );
+                    OGRE_STATIC_ASSERT( VK_UUID_SIZE == 16 );
 
                     uint64 hashResult[2] = {};
                     OGRE_HASH128_FUNC( buf.data(), (int)buf.size(), IdString::Seed, hashResult );