diff --git a/src/fsfw/container/FixedArrayList.h b/src/fsfw/container/FixedArrayList.h
index 1981abe1b..11882537a 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/container/FixedArrayList.h
+++ b/src/fsfw/container/FixedArrayList.h
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@
  */
 template <typename T, size_t MAX_SIZE, typename count_t = uint8_t>
 class FixedArrayList : public ArrayList<T, count_t> {
-#if !defined(_MSC_VER)
   static_assert(MAX_SIZE <= std::numeric_limits<count_t>::max(),
                 "count_t is not large enough to hold MAX_SIZE");
-#endif
  private:
   T data[MAX_SIZE];