diff --git a/include/boost/gil/channel_algorithm.hpp b/include/boost/gil/channel_algorithm.hpp
index 9fb76693c..706bf210f 100644
--- a/include/boost/gil/channel_algorithm.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/gil/channel_algorithm.hpp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 #include <boost/config.hpp>
-#include <boost/integer_traits.hpp>
 #include <boost/mpl/less.hpp>
 #include <boost/mpl/integral_c.hpp>
 #include <boost/mpl/greater.hpp>
@@ -34,6 +33,8 @@
 #include "channel.hpp"
 #include "typedefs.hpp"
 
+#include <limits>
+
 namespace boost { namespace gil {
 
 //#ifdef _MSC_VER
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ template <typename SrcChannelV, typename DstChannelV, bool SrcLessThanDst, bool
 
 
 template <typename UnsignedIntegralChannel>
-struct unsigned_integral_max_value : public mpl::integral_c<UnsignedIntegralChannel,integer_traits< UnsignedIntegralChannel>::const_max> {};
+struct unsigned_integral_max_value : public mpl::integral_c<UnsignedIntegralChannel,std::numeric_limits<UnsignedIntegralChannel>::max()> {};
 
 template <>
 struct unsigned_integral_max_value<uint8_t> : public mpl::integral_c<uint32_t,0xFF> {};