diff --git a/include/type_traits b/include/type_traits
index ec158fc08..c0922392a 100644
--- a/include/type_traits
+++ b/include/type_traits
@@ -1998,9 +1998,7 @@ struct _LIBCPP_TEMPLATE_VIS common_type {};
 
 template <class _Tp>
 struct _LIBCPP_TEMPLATE_VIS common_type<_Tp>
-{
-    typedef typename common_type<_Tp, _Tp>::type type;
-};
+    : public common_type<_Tp, _Tp> {};
 
 // bullet 3 - sizeof...(Tp) == 2
 
diff --git a/test/std/utilities/meta/meta.trans/meta.trans.other/common_type.pass.cpp b/test/std/utilities/meta/meta.trans/meta.trans.other/common_type.pass.cpp
index 736f74b4c..db7b4c2f4 100644
--- a/test/std/utilities/meta/meta.trans/meta.trans.other/common_type.pass.cpp
+++ b/test/std/utilities/meta/meta.trans/meta.trans.other/common_type.pass.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ namespace std
 
     template <> struct common_type< ::S<long>, long> {};
     template <> struct common_type<long, ::S<long> > {};
+    template <> struct common_type<::X<float> > {};
+    template <> struct common_type<::X<double>, ::X<double> > {};
 }
 
 #if TEST_STD_VER >= 11
@@ -304,5 +306,7 @@ int main()
     static_assert((std::is_same<std::common_type<const int, int>::type,       int>::value), "");
     static_assert((std::is_same<std::common_type<int, const int>::type,       int>::value), "");
     static_assert((std::is_same<std::common_type<const int, const int>::type, int>::value), "");
-    
+
+    static_assert(no_common_type<X<float> >::value, "");
+    static_assert(no_common_type<X<double> >::value, "");
 }