diff --git a/stand/common/bootstrap.h b/stand/common/bootstrap.h
index 56d399e4990d..7d9b9b4d7566 100644
--- a/stand/common/bootstrap.h
+++ b/stand/common/bootstrap.h
@@ -330,10 +330,8 @@ void	dev_cleanup(void);
 
 time_t	time(time_t *tloc);
 
-#ifndef CTASSERT                /* Allow lint to override */
-#define CTASSERT(x)             _CTASSERT(x, __LINE__)
-#define _CTASSERT(x, y)         __CTASSERT(x, y)
-#define __CTASSERT(x, y)        typedef char __assert ## y[(x) ? 1 : -1]
+#ifndef CTASSERT
+#define	CTASSERT(x)	_Static_assert(x, "compile-time assertion failed")
 #endif
 
 #endif /* !_BOOTSTRAP_H_ */