diff --git a/std/traits.d b/std/traits.d
index ebecb6e62ed..f8bcf2ae017 100644
--- a/std/traits.d
+++ b/std/traits.d
@@ -4751,15 +4751,17 @@ template TemplateArgsOf(T : Base!Args, alias Base, Args...)
 private template maxAlignment(U...)
 if (isTypeTuple!U)
 {
-    import std.meta : staticMap;
     static if (U.length == 0)
         static assert(0);
     else static if (U.length == 1)
         enum maxAlignment = U[0].alignof;
+    else static if (U.length == 2)
+        enum maxAlignment = U[0].alignof > U[1].alignof ? U[0].alignof : U[1].alignof;
     else
     {
-        import std.algorithm.comparison : max;
-        enum maxAlignment = max(staticMap!(.maxAlignment, U));
+        enum a = maxAlignment!(U[0 .. ($+1)/2]);
+        enum b = maxAlignment!(U[($+1)/2 .. $]);
+        enum maxAlignment = a > b ? a : b;
     }
 }