diff --git a/libraries/libfc/include/fc/time.hpp b/libraries/libfc/include/fc/time.hpp
index 29b0f7a211..1c1b433bd5 100644
--- a/libraries/libfc/include/fc/time.hpp
+++ b/libraries/libfc/include/fc/time.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <fc/string.hpp>
-#include <limits>
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
   #pragma warning (push)
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ namespace fc {
   class microseconds {
     public:
         constexpr explicit microseconds( int64_t c = 0) :_count(c){}
-        static constexpr microseconds maximum() { return microseconds(std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max()); }
+        static constexpr microseconds maximum() { return microseconds(0x7fffffffffffffffll); }
         friend constexpr microseconds operator + (const  microseconds& l, const microseconds& r ) { return microseconds(l._count+r._count); }
         friend constexpr microseconds operator - (const  microseconds& l, const microseconds& r ) { return microseconds(l._count-r._count); }