diff --git a/toml/literal.hpp b/toml/literal.hpp
index 0824f83..1d338b7 100644
--- a/toml/literal.hpp
+++ b/toml/literal.hpp
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ inline namespace toml_literals
 {
 
 // implementation
-inline ::toml::basic_value<::toml::discard_comments, std::unordered_map, std::vector>
+inline ::toml::basic_value<TOML11_DEFAULT_COMMENT_STRATEGY, std::unordered_map, std::vector>
 literal_internal_impl(::toml::detail::location loc)
 {
     using value_type = ::toml::basic_value<
-        ::toml::discard_comments, std::unordered_map, std::vector>;
+        TOML11_DEFAULT_COMMENT_STRATEGY, std::unordered_map, std::vector>;
     // if there are some comments or empty lines, skip them.
     using skip_line = ::toml::detail::repeat<toml::detail::sequence<
             ::toml::detail::maybe<::toml::detail::lex_ws>,
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ literal_internal_impl(::toml::detail::location loc)
 
 }
 
-inline ::toml::basic_value<::toml::discard_comments, std::unordered_map, std::vector>
+inline ::toml::basic_value<TOML11_DEFAULT_COMMENT_STRATEGY, std::unordered_map, std::vector>
 operator"" _toml(const char* str, std::size_t len)
 {
     ::toml::detail::location loc(
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ operator"" _toml(const char* str, std::size_t len)
 #if defined(__cpp_char8_t) && __cpp_char8_t >= 201811L
 // value of u8"" literal has been changed from char to char8_t and char8_t is
 // NOT compatible to char
-inline ::toml::basic_value<::toml::discard_comments, std::unordered_map, std::vector>
+inline ::toml::basic_value<TOML11_DEFAULT_COMMENT_STRATEGY, std::unordered_map, std::vector>
 operator"" _toml(const char8_t* str, std::size_t len)
 {
     ::toml::detail::location loc(
diff --git a/toml/parser.hpp b/toml/parser.hpp
index c3df644..231df80 100644
--- a/toml/parser.hpp
+++ b/toml/parser.hpp
@@ -2076,7 +2076,7 @@ result<Value, std::string> parse_toml_file(location& loc)
 
 } // detail
 
-template<typename                     Comment = ::toml::discard_comments,
+template<typename                     Comment = TOML11_DEFAULT_COMMENT_STRATEGY,
          template<typename ...> class Table   = std::unordered_map,
          template<typename ...> class Array   = std::vector>
 basic_value<Comment, Table, Array>
@@ -2127,7 +2127,7 @@ parse(std::istream& is, const std::string& fname = "unknown file")
     return data.unwrap();
 }
 
-template<typename                     Comment = ::toml::discard_comments,
+template<typename                     Comment = TOML11_DEFAULT_COMMENT_STRATEGY,
          template<typename ...> class Table   = std::unordered_map,
          template<typename ...> class Array   = std::vector>
 basic_value<Comment, Table, Array> parse(const std::string& fname)
@@ -2150,7 +2150,7 @@ basic_value<Comment, Table, Array> parse(const std::string& fname)
 //
 // This function exactly matches to the invokation with c-string.
 // So this function is preferred than others and the ambiguity disappears.
-template<typename                     Comment = ::toml::discard_comments,
+template<typename                     Comment = TOML11_DEFAULT_COMMENT_STRATEGY,
          template<typename ...> class Table   = std::unordered_map,
          template<typename ...> class Array   = std::vector>
 basic_value<Comment, Table, Array> parse(const char* fname)
@@ -2158,7 +2158,7 @@ basic_value<Comment, Table, Array> parse(const char* fname)
     return parse<Comment, Table, Array>(std::string(fname));
 }
 
-template<typename                     Comment = ::toml::discard_comments,
+template<typename                     Comment = TOML11_DEFAULT_COMMENT_STRATEGY,
          template<typename ...> class Table   = std::unordered_map,
          template<typename ...> class Array   = std::vector>
 basic_value<Comment, Table, Array> parse(const std::filesystem::path& fpath)
diff --git a/toml/value.hpp b/toml/value.hpp
index e374c3b..f2e6c63 100644
--- a/toml/value.hpp
+++ b/toml/value.hpp
@@ -1739,7 +1739,8 @@ class basic_value
 };
 
 // default toml::value and default array/table.
-using value = basic_value<discard_comments, std::unordered_map, std::vector>;
+// TOML11_DEFAULT_COMMENT_STRATEGY is defined in comments.hpp
+using value = basic_value<TOML11_DEFAULT_COMMENT_STRATEGY, std::unordered_map, std::vector>;
 using array = typename value::array_type;
 using table = typename value::table_type;