diff --git a/src/libs/utils/span.h b/src/libs/utils/span.h
index f2c545940b7..3b716ae892e 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/span.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/span.h
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
 #include <qcompilerdetection.h>
 
 // The (Apple) Clang implementation of span is incomplete until LLVM 15 / Xcode 14.3 / macOS 13
-#if __cplusplus >= 202002L \
-    && !(defined(__apple_build_version__) && __apple_build_version__ < 14030022)
-#include <span>
+#ifdef __cpp_lib_span_initializer_list
+#  include <span>
 
 namespace Utils {
 using std::as_bytes;
@@ -27,9 +26,9 @@ QT_WARNING_PUSH
 
 // disable automatic usage of std::span in span-lite
 // since we make that decision ourselves at the top of this header
-#define span_CONFIG_SELECT_SPAN span_SPAN_NONSTD
-
-#include <3rdparty/span/span.hpp>
+#  define span_CONFIG_SELECT_SPAN span_SPAN_NONSTD
+#  define span_FEATURE_WITH_INITIALIZER_LIST_P2447 1
+#  include <3rdparty/span/span.hpp>
 namespace Utils {
 using namespace nonstd;