diff --git a/dumux/flux/stationaryvelocityfield.hh b/dumux/flux/stationaryvelocityfield.hh
index 4f04257adb6e1b2258d9223168e1b37d9e943098..f6bab51bda800c5d4147f8819b48f96d9b4e98db 100644
--- a/dumux/flux/stationaryvelocityfield.hh
+++ b/dumux/flux/stationaryvelocityfield.hh
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ template <class Scalar>
 class StationaryVelocityField
 {
 public:
+    using DiscretizationMethod = DiscretizationMethods::None;
     //! state the discretization method this implementation belongs to
-    static const DiscretizationMethod discMethod = DiscretizationMethod::none;
+    static constexpr DiscretizationMethod discMethod{};
 
     //! state the type for the corresponding cache
     using Cache = FluxVariablesCaching::EmptyAdvectionCache;