diff --git a/src/basic/capability-util.c b/src/basic/capability-util.c
index 5dd2f0a63c..bda7cbf45c 100644
--- a/src/basic/capability-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/capability-util.c
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ static int drop_from_file(const char *fn, uint64_t keep) {
         if (current == after)
                 return 0;
 
-        lo = after & UINT32_C(0xFFFFFFFF);
-        hi = (after >> 32) & UINT32_C(0xFFFFFFFF);
+        lo = after & UINT32_MAX;
+        hi = (after >> 32) & UINT32_MAX;
 
         return write_string_filef(fn, 0, "%" PRIu32 " %" PRIu32, lo, hi);
 }