diff --git a/internal/base/base.go b/internal/base/base.go
index 91bb4f7f..af0a6cc1 100644
--- a/internal/base/base.go
+++ b/internal/base/base.go
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ const (
 	CancelChannel = "asynq:cancel"     // PubSub channel
 )
 
-// Max value for int64.
-//
-// Use this value to check if a redis counter value reached maximum.
-// As documeted in https://redis.io/commands/INCR, a string stored at a redis key is interpreted as a base-10 64 bit signed integer.
-const MaxInt64 = 1<<63 - 1
-
 // TaskState denotes the state of a task.
 type TaskState int
 
diff --git a/internal/rdb/rdb.go b/internal/rdb/rdb.go
index af849b92..d0568a35 100644
--- a/internal/rdb/rdb.go
+++ b/internal/rdb/rdb.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package rdb
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ func (r *RDB) Done(msg *base.TaskMessage) error {
 	argv := []interface{}{
 		msg.ID,
 		expireAt.Unix(),
-		base.MaxInt64,
+		math.MaxInt64,
 	}
 	// Note: We cannot pass empty unique key when running this script in redis-cluster.
 	if len(msg.UniqueKey) > 0 {
@@ -493,7 +494,7 @@ func (r *RDB) MarkAsComplete(msg *base.TaskMessage) error {
 		statsExpireAt.Unix(),
 		now.Unix() + msg.Retention,
 		encoded,
-		base.MaxInt64,
+		math.MaxInt64,
 	}
 	// Note: We cannot pass empty unique key when running this script in redis-cluster.
 	if len(msg.UniqueKey) > 0 {
@@ -735,7 +736,7 @@ func (r *RDB) Retry(msg *base.TaskMessage, processAt time.Time, errMsg string, i
 		processAt.Unix(),
 		expireAt.Unix(),
 		isFailure,
-		base.MaxInt64,
+		math.MaxInt64,
 	}
 	return r.runScript(ctx, op, retryCmd, keys, argv...)
 }
@@ -822,7 +823,7 @@ func (r *RDB) Archive(msg *base.TaskMessage, errMsg string) error {
 		cutoff.Unix(),
 		maxArchiveSize,
 		expireAt.Unix(),
-		base.MaxInt64,
+		math.MaxInt64,
 	}
 	return r.runScript(ctx, op, archiveCmd, keys, argv...)
 }