diff --git a/src/bvar/recorder.h b/src/bvar/recorder.h
index b28b6372f6..696f5d8567 100644
--- a/src/bvar/recorder.h
+++ b/src/bvar/recorder.h
@@ -302,7 +302,13 @@ class IntRecorder : public Variable {
     typedef detail::MinusStat InvOp;
     typedef detail::ReducerSampler<IntRecorder, value_type, Op, InvOp> sampler_type;
 
-    COMMON_VARIABLE_CONSTRUCTOR(IntRecorder);
+    IntRecorder() = default;
+    IntRecorder(const butil::StringPiece& name) {
+        this->expose(name);
+    }
+    IntRecorder(const butil::StringPiece& prefix, const butil::StringPiece& name) {
+        this->expose_as(prefix, name);
+    }
 
     DISALLOW_COPY_AND_MOVE(IntRecorder);
 
diff --git a/src/bvar/reducer.h b/src/bvar/reducer.h
index 543e77c8b0..6c7f9d98bb 100644
--- a/src/bvar/reducer.h
+++ b/src/bvar/reducer.h
@@ -365,7 +365,13 @@ class Adder<T, std::enable_if<std::is_constructible<babylon::GenericsConcurrentA
     typedef detail::MinusFrom<value_type> InvOp;
     typedef typename Base::sampler_type sampler_type;
 
-    COMMON_VARIABLE_CONSTRUCTOR(Adder);
+    Adder() = default;
+    Adder(const butil::StringPiece& name) {
+        this->expose(name);
+    }
+    Adder(const butil::StringPiece& prefix, const butil::StringPiece& name) {
+        this->expose_as(prefix, name);
+    }
 };
 #endif // WITH_BABYLON_COUNTER
 
@@ -457,7 +463,13 @@ class Maxer<T, std::enable_if<std::is_constructible<detail::ConcurrentMaxer<T>>:
     typedef detail::VoidOp InvOp;
     typedef typename Base::sampler_type sampler_type;
 
-    COMMON_VARIABLE_CONSTRUCTOR(Maxer);
+    Maxer() = default;
+    Maxer(const butil::StringPiece& name) {
+        this->expose(name);
+    }
+    Maxer(const butil::StringPiece& prefix, const butil::StringPiece& name) {
+        this->expose_as(prefix, name);
+    }
 
 private:
 friend class detail::LatencyRecorderBase;
@@ -524,7 +536,13 @@ class Miner<T, std::enable_if<std::is_constructible<babylon::GenericsConcurrentM
     typedef detail::VoidOp InvOp;
     typedef typename Base::sampler_type sampler_type;
 
-    COMMON_VARIABLE_CONSTRUCTOR(Miner);
+    Miner() = default;
+    Miner(const butil::StringPiece& name) {
+        this->expose(name);
+    }
+    Miner(const butil::StringPiece& prefix, const butil::StringPiece& name) {
+        this->expose_as(prefix, name);
+    }
 };
 #endif // WITH_BABYLON_COUNTER
 
diff --git a/src/bvar/variable.h b/src/bvar/variable.h
index f01626fd13..86e9cd0c34 100644
--- a/src/bvar/variable.h
+++ b/src/bvar/variable.h
@@ -39,16 +39,6 @@ namespace bvar {
 
 DECLARE_bool(save_series);
 
-#define COMMON_VARIABLE_CONSTRUCTOR(TypeName)                                    \
-    TypeName() = default;                                                        \
-    TypeName(const butil::StringPiece& name) {                                   \
-        this->expose(name);                                                      \
-    }                                                                            \
-    TypeName(const butil::StringPiece& prefix, const butil::StringPiece& name) { \
-        this->expose_as(prefix, name);                                           \
-    }                                                                            \
-
-
 // Bitwise masks of displayable targets 
 enum DisplayFilter {
     DISPLAY_ON_HTML = 1,