diff --git a/src/includes.hpp b/src/includes.hpp
index e33e4e3f7..c9816890f 100644
--- a/src/includes.hpp
+++ b/src/includes.hpp
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
 
-// because C/C++ VS Code intellisense is stupid with includes, we will suppress them here.
-// This suppresses all "include file not found" errors.
-#ifdef __INTELLISENSE__
-#pragma diag_suppress 1696
-#endif
-
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <libinput.h>
 #include <linux/input-event-codes.h>
diff --git a/src/protocols/WaylandProtocol.hpp b/src/protocols/WaylandProtocol.hpp
index d46d6aafb..5a54d7303 100644
--- a/src/protocols/WaylandProtocol.hpp
+++ b/src/protocols/WaylandProtocol.hpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         } else if (level == LOG || level == INFO || level == TRACE) {                                                                                                              \
             oss << "[" << EXTRACT_CLASS_NAME() << "] ";                                                                                                                            \
         }                                                                                                                                                                          \
-        if constexpr (std::tuple_size<decltype(std::make_tuple(__VA_ARGS__))>::value == 1 && std::is_same_v<decltype(__VA_ARGS__), std::string>) {                                 \
+        if constexpr (std::tuple_size_v<decltype(std::make_tuple(__VA_ARGS__))> == 1 && std::is_same_v<decltype(__VA_ARGS__), std::string>) {                                      \
             oss << __VA_ARGS__;                                                                                                                                                    \
             Debug::log(level, oss.str());                                                                                                                                          \
         } else {                                                                                                                                                                   \