diff --git a/stdlib/src/builtin/string.mojo b/stdlib/src/builtin/string.mojo
index bd6a4a56b32..fab53c3a11c 100644
--- a/stdlib/src/builtin/string.mojo
+++ b/stdlib/src/builtin/string.mojo
@@ -235,9 +235,7 @@ fn _atol(str_slice: StringSlice, base: Int = 10) raises -> Int:
     start, is_negative = _trim_and_handle_sign(str_slice, str_len)
 
     alias ord_0 = ord("0")
-    # FIXME:
-    #   Change this to `alias` after fixing support for __getitem__ of alias.
-    var ord_letter_min = (ord("a"), ord("A"))
+    alias ord_letter_min = (ord("a"), ord("A"))
     alias ord_underscore = ord("_")
 
     if base == 0: