diff --git a/include/fmt/ranges.h b/include/fmt/ranges.h
index 6110fdaf..a789a975 100644
--- a/include/fmt/ranges.h
+++ b/include/fmt/ranges.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #define FMT_RANGES_H_
 
 #include <type_traits>
+
 #include "format.h"
 
 // output only up to N items from the range.
@@ -104,10 +105,7 @@ struct is_range_<
 /// tuple_size and tuple_element check.
 template <typename T> class is_tuple_like_ {
   template <typename U>
-  static auto check(U* p)
-      -> decltype(std::tuple_size<U>::value,
-                  (void)std::declval<typename std::tuple_element<0, U>::type>(),
-                  int());
+  static auto check(U* p) -> decltype(std::tuple_size<U>::value, int());
   template <typename> static void check(...);
 
  public:
diff --git a/test/ranges-test.cc b/test/ranges-test.cc
index 265f9acd..ee6c4551 100644
--- a/test/ranges-test.cc
+++ b/test/ranges-test.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 // {fmt} support for ranges, containers and types tuple interface.
 
 #include "fmt/ranges.h"
+
 #include "gtest.h"
 
 // Check if  'if constexpr' is supported.
@@ -44,9 +45,10 @@ TEST(RangesTest, FormatPair) {
 }
 
 TEST(RangesTest, FormatTuple) {
-  std::tuple<int64_t, float, std::string, char> tu1{42, 1.5f, "this is tuple",
-                                                    'i'};
-  EXPECT_EQ("(42, 1.5, \"this is tuple\", 'i')", fmt::format("{}", tu1));
+  std::tuple<int64_t, float, std::string, char> t{42, 1.5f, "this is tuple",
+                                                  'i'};
+  EXPECT_EQ("(42, 1.5, \"this is tuple\", 'i')", fmt::format("{}", t));
+  EXPECT_EQ("()", fmt::format("{}", std::tuple<>()));
 }
 
 TEST(RangesTest, JoinTuple) {