diff --git a/serializer.hh b/serializer.hh
index 03f0650a6d..f26701f9bb 100644
--- a/serializer.hh
+++ b/serializer.hh
@@ -186,16 +186,16 @@ static_assert(FragmentedView<buffer_view<bytes_ostream::fragment_iterator>>);
 using size_type = uint32_t;
 
 template<typename T, typename Input>
+requires std::is_integral_v<T>
 inline T deserialize_integral(Input& input) {
-    static_assert(std::is_integral<T>::value, "T should be integral");
     T data;
     input.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&data), sizeof(T));
     return le_to_cpu(data);
 }
 
 template<typename T, typename Output>
+requires std::is_integral_v<T>
 inline void serialize_integral(Output& output, T data) {
-    static_assert(std::is_integral<T>::value, "T should be integral");
     data = cpu_to_le(data);
     output.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&data), sizeof(T));
 }
diff --git a/sstables/disk_types.hh b/sstables/disk_types.hh
index db30c7b2e4..b10cdecf11 100644
--- a/sstables/disk_types.hh
+++ b/sstables/disk_types.hh
@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ struct disk_data_value_view {
 };
 
 template <typename Size, typename Members>
+requires std::is_integral_v<Size>
 struct disk_array {
-    static_assert(std::is_integral<Size>::value, "Length type must be convertible to integer");
     utils::chunked_vector<Members> elements;
 };
 
 // A wrapper struct for integers to be written using variable-length encoding
 template <typename T>
+requires std::is_integral_v<T>
 struct vint {
-    static_assert(std::is_integral_v<T>, "Can only wrap integral types");
     T value;
 };
 
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ struct disk_array_vint_size {
 };
 
 template <typename Size, typename Members>
+requires std::is_integral_v<Size>
 struct disk_array_ref {
-    static_assert(std::is_integral<Size>::value, "Length type must be convertible to integer");
     const utils::chunked_vector<Members>& elements;
     disk_array_ref(const utils::chunked_vector<Members>& elements) : elements(elements) {}
 };
diff --git a/utils/crc.hh b/utils/crc.hh
index c4449400fc..ced95592a2 100644
--- a/utils/crc.hh
+++ b/utils/crc.hh
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ public:
     uint32_t crc32_vpmsum(uint32_t crc, const uint8_t* p, size_t len);
 
     template <class T>
+    requires std::is_integral_v<T>
     void process_le(T in) {
-        static_assert(std::is_integral<T>::value, "T must be integral type.");
 #if defined(__BYTE_ORDER__) && defined(__ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__) && __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__
         switch (sizeof(T)) {
         case 1: break;
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ public:
     }
 
     template <class T>
+    requires std::is_integral_v<T>
     void process_be(T in) {
-        static_assert(std::is_integral<T>::value, "T must be integral type.");
         in = seastar::net::hton(in);
         _r = crc32_vpmsum(_r, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(&in), sizeof(T));
     }
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ public:
     }
 #else
     template <class T>
+    requires std::is_integral_v<T>
     void process_le(T in) {
-        static_assert(std::is_integral<T>::value, "T must be integral type.");
 #if defined(__BYTE_ORDER__) && defined(__ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__) && __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__
         switch (sizeof(T)) {
         case 1: break;
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ public:
     }
 
     template <class T>
+    requires std::is_integral_v<T>
     void process_be(T in) {
-        static_assert(std::is_integral<T>::value, "T must be integral type.");
         in = seastar::net::hton(in);
         _r = ::crc32(_r, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(&in), sizeof(T));
     }