diff --git a/include/vast/repl/command.hpp b/include/vast/repl/command.hpp
index fe0798e966..4de9e00bce 100644
--- a/include/vast/repl/command.hpp
+++ b/include/vast/repl/command.hpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ namespace vast::repl
         //
         template< const char *name, typename base >
         struct named_param {
-            static constexpr inline const char *param_name = name;
+            static constexpr const char *param_name = name;
 
             static constexpr bool is_file_param = std::is_same_v< base, file_param >;
             static named_param parse(string_ref token) requires(is_file_param) {