diff --git a/include/modules/meta/base.hpp b/include/modules/meta/base.hpp
index 6e219202..dd8db5c5 100644
--- a/include/modules/meta/base.hpp
+++ b/include/modules/meta/base.hpp
@@ -152,8 +152,6 @@ namespace modules {
 
     bool input(const string& action, const string& data);
 
-    static constexpr auto TYPE = "";
-
    protected:
     void broadcast();
     void idle();
diff --git a/include/modules/meta/base.inl b/include/modules/meta/base.inl
index 6792c02f..c6f0fdb4 100644
--- a/include/modules/meta/base.inl
+++ b/include/modules/meta/base.inl
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace modules {
 
   template <typename Impl>
   string module<Impl>::type() const {
-    return string(module<Impl>::TYPE);
+    return string(Impl::TYPE);
   }
 
   template <typename Impl>
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 161ce030..2bd23581 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Polybar version information
 # Update this on every release
 # This is used to create the version string if a git repo is not available
-3.5.1
+3.5.2