diff --git a/include/assimp/Bitmap.h b/include/assimp/Bitmap.h
index d56bb4c73..a455e2ecf 100644
--- a/include/assimp/Bitmap.h
+++ b/include/assimp/Bitmap.h
@@ -75,13 +75,12 @@ protected:
         uint32_t offset;
 
         // We define the struct size because sizeof(Header) might return a wrong result because of structure padding.
-        // Moreover, we must use this ugly and error prone syntax because Visual Studio neither support constexpr or sizeof(name_of_field).
-        static const std::size_t header_size =
-            sizeof(uint16_t) + // type
-            sizeof(uint32_t) + // size
-            sizeof(uint16_t) + // reserved1
-            sizeof(uint16_t) + // reserved2
-            sizeof(uint32_t);  // offset
+        static constexpr std::size_t header_size =
+            sizeof(decltype(type)) +
+            sizeof(decltype(size)) +
+            sizeof(decltype(reserved1)) +
+            sizeof(decltype(reserved2)) +
+            sizeof(decltype(offset));
     };
 
     struct DIB {
@@ -98,22 +97,21 @@ protected:
         uint32_t nb_important_colors;
 
         // We define the struct size because sizeof(DIB) might return a wrong result because of structure padding.
-        // Moreover, we must use this ugly and error prone syntax because Visual Studio neither support constexpr or sizeof(name_of_field).
-        static const std::size_t dib_size =
-            sizeof(uint32_t) + // size
-            sizeof(int32_t) +  // width
-            sizeof(int32_t) +  // height
-            sizeof(uint16_t) + // planes
-            sizeof(uint16_t) + // bits_per_pixel
-            sizeof(uint32_t) + // compression
-            sizeof(uint32_t) + // image_size
-            sizeof(int32_t) +  // x_resolution
-            sizeof(int32_t) +  // y_resolution
-            sizeof(uint32_t) + // nb_colors
-            sizeof(uint32_t);  // nb_important_colors
+        static constexpr std::size_t dib_size =
+            sizeof(decltype(size)) +
+            sizeof(decltype(width)) +
+            sizeof(decltype(height)) +
+            sizeof(decltype(planes)) +
+            sizeof(decltype(bits_per_pixel)) +
+            sizeof(decltype(compression)) +
+            sizeof(decltype(image_size)) +
+            sizeof(decltype(x_resolution)) +
+            sizeof(decltype(y_resolution)) +
+            sizeof(decltype(nb_colors)) +
+            sizeof(decltype(nb_important_colors));
     };
 
-    static const std::size_t mBytesPerPixel = 4;
+    static constexpr std::size_t mBytesPerPixel = 4;
 
 public:
     static void Save(aiTexture* texture, IOStream* file);