diff --git a/src/vtetypebuiltins.cc.template b/src/vtetypebuiltins.cc.template
index dade41d..4c8b5c4 100644
--- a/src/vtetypebuiltins.cc.template
+++ b/src/vtetypebuiltins.cc.template
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 GType
 @enum_name@_get_type (void)
 {
-  static volatile gsize g_define_type_id__volatile = 0;
+  static gsize g_define_type_id__volatile = 0;
  
   if (g_once_init_enter (&g_define_type_id__volatile)) {
     static const G@Type@Value values[] = {