diff --git a/src/mpi/communicator.hpp b/src/mpi/communicator.hpp
index 709e56cfc..a05375bda 100644
--- a/src/mpi/communicator.hpp
+++ b/src/mpi/communicator.hpp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ struct mpi_type_wrapper<std::complex<double>>
 {
     static MPI_Datatype kind()
     {
-        return MPI_CXX_DOUBLE_COMPLEX;
+        return MPI_C_DOUBLE_COMPLEX;
     }
 };
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ struct mpi_type_wrapper<bool>
 {
     static MPI_Datatype kind()
     {
-        return MPI_CXX_BOOL;
+        return MPI_C_BOOL;
     }
 };