diff --git a/include/vast/Dialect/HighLevel/HighLevelOps.hpp b/include/vast/Dialect/HighLevel/HighLevelOps.hpp
index 690247176e..69940e4b1a 100644
--- a/include/vast/Dialect/HighLevel/HighLevelOps.hpp
+++ b/include/vast/Dialect/HighLevel/HighLevelOps.hpp
@@ -86,4 +86,10 @@ namespace vast::hl
 namespace vast::hl
 {
     FuncOp getCallee(CallOp call);
+
+    using funclike_ops = util::type_list<
+        hl::FuncOp,
+        hl::MethodOp,
+        hl::DtorOp
+    >;
 }
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diff --git a/include/vast/Translation/CodeGenContext.hpp b/include/vast/Translation/CodeGenContext.hpp
index 9acbcd6dbc..cdee2825b2 100644
--- a/include/vast/Translation/CodeGenContext.hpp
+++ b/include/vast/Translation/CodeGenContext.hpp
@@ -205,28 +205,9 @@ namespace vast::cg
             return symbol(dtordecls, mangled, "undeclared destructor '" + mangled.name + "'", with_error);
         }
 
-        template< typename Op >
-        struct is_funclike {
-            static constexpr bool value = false;
-        };
-
-        template<>
-        struct is_funclike< hl::FuncOp > {
-            static constexpr bool value = true;
-        };
-
-        template<>
-        struct is_funclike< hl::MethodOp > {
-            static constexpr bool value = true;
-        };
-
-        template<>
-        struct is_funclike< hl::DtorOp > {
-            static constexpr bool value = true;
-        };
-
         template< typename Op >
         Op declare(mangled_name_ref mangled, auto vast_decl_builder) {
+            static_assert(hl::funclike_ops::contains< Op >, "Declaring unknown operation type");
             if constexpr (std::is_same_v< Op, hl::FuncOp >) {
                 return declare< Op >(funcdecls, mangled, vast_decl_builder, mangled.name);
             } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v< Op, hl::MethodOp >) {
@@ -234,7 +215,6 @@ namespace vast::cg
             } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v< Op, hl::DtorOp >) {
                 return declare< Op >(dtordecls, mangled, vast_decl_builder, mangled.name);
             }
-            static_assert(is_funclike< Op >::value, "Declaring unknown operation type");
         }
 
         mlir_value declare(const clang::VarDecl *decl, mlir_value vast_value) {