diff --git a/ostd/format.hh b/ostd/format.hh
index c92e3c3..486e9d5 100644
--- a/ostd/format.hh
+++ b/ostd/format.hh
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 
+#include <utility>
+
 #include "ostd/algorithm.hh"
 #include "ostd/string.hh"
 #include "ostd/utility.hh"
-#include "ostd/internal/tuple.hh"
 
 namespace ostd {
 
@@ -533,10 +534,22 @@ namespace detail {
         }
     };
 
+    /* ugly ass check for whether a type is tuple-like, like tuple itself,
+     * pair, array, possibly other types added later or overridden...
+     */
+    template<typename T>
+    std::true_type tuple_like_test(typename std::tuple_size<T>::type *);
+
+    template<typename>
+    std::false_type tuple_like_test(...);
+
+    template<typename T>
+    constexpr bool is_tuple_like = decltype(tuple_like_test<T>(0))::value;
+
     template<typename R, typename T>
     inline Ptrdiff format_ritem(
         R &writer, Size &fmtn, bool esc, bool, ConstCharRange fmt,
-        T const &item, EnableIf<!IsTupleLike<T>, bool> = true
+        T const &item, EnableIf<!is_tuple_like<T>, bool> = true
     ) {
         return format_impl(writer, fmtn, esc, fmt, item);
     }
@@ -544,7 +557,7 @@ namespace detail {
     template<typename R, typename T>
     inline Ptrdiff format_ritem(
         R &writer, Size &fmtn, bool esc, bool expandval, ConstCharRange fmt,
-        T const &item, EnableIf<IsTupleLike<T>, bool> = true
+        T const &item, EnableIf<is_tuple_like<T>, bool> = true
     ) {
         if (expandval) {
             return FmtTupleUnpacker<std::tuple_size<T>::value>::unpack(
diff --git a/ostd/functional.hh b/ostd/functional.hh
index 99ceb49..f6ed9bd 100644
--- a/ostd/functional.hh
+++ b/ostd/functional.hh
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 
 #include <new>
 #include <functional>
+#include <tuple>
 
 #include "ostd/platform.hh"
 #include "ostd/memory.hh"
 #include "ostd/utility.hh"
 #include "ostd/type_traits.hh"
-#include <ostd/tuple.hh>
 
 namespace ostd {
 
diff --git a/ostd/internal/tuple.hh b/ostd/internal/tuple.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 9376500..0000000
--- a/ostd/internal/tuple.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/* Some tuple internals for inclusion from various headers. Partially
- * taken from the libc++ project.
- *
- * This file is part of OctaSTD. See COPYING.md for futher information.
- */
-
-#ifndef OSTD_INTERNAL_TUPLE_HH
-#define OSTD_INTERNAL_TUPLE_HH
-
-#include <tuple>
-#include <utility>
-
-namespace ostd {
-
-/* is tuple-like */
-
-template<typename T>
-constexpr bool IsTupleLike = false;
-
-template<typename T>
-constexpr bool IsTupleLike<const T> = IsTupleLike<T>;
-template<typename T>
-constexpr bool IsTupleLike<volatile T> = IsTupleLike<T>;
-template<typename T>
-constexpr bool IsTupleLike<const volatile T> = IsTupleLike<T>;
-
-template<typename ...A>
-constexpr bool IsTupleLike<std::tuple<A...>> = true;
-
-template<typename T, typename U>
-constexpr bool IsTupleLike<std::pair<T, U>> = true;
-
-} /* namespace ostd */
-
-#endif
diff --git a/ostd/tuple.hh b/ostd/tuple.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 554c973..0000000
--- a/ostd/tuple.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/* Tuples or OctaSTD. Partially taken from the libc++ project.
- *
- * This file is part of OctaSTD. See COPYING.md for futher information.
- */
-
-#ifndef OSTD_TUPLE_HH
-#define OSTD_TUPLE_HH
-
-#include "ostd/internal/tuple.hh"
-
-#endif
diff --git a/ostd/utility.hh b/ostd/utility.hh
index c7234ee..d8277b5 100644
--- a/ostd/utility.hh
+++ b/ostd/utility.hh
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 
 #include <utility>
+#include <tuple>
 
 #include "ostd/type_traits.hh"
-#include "ostd/internal/tuple.hh"
 
 namespace ostd {