diff --git a/gar/include/aligator/gar/work.hpp b/gar/include/aligator/gar/work.hpp
index 493dd7126..9e0113865 100644
--- a/gar/include/aligator/gar/work.hpp
+++ b/gar/include/aligator/gar/work.hpp
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <cassert>
-#include <sys/types.h>
 
 namespace aligator {
 namespace gar {
+using uint = unsigned int;
 
 struct workrange_t {
   uint beg;