diff --git a/include/iris/x4/core/move_to.hpp b/include/iris/x4/core/move_to.hpp
index 025c2da7f..95a837160 100644
--- a/include/iris/x4/core/move_to.hpp
+++ b/include/iris/x4/core/move_to.hpp
@@ -209,13 +209,13 @@ move_to(It first, Se last, Dest& dest)
 {
     static_assert(!std::same_as<std::remove_const_t<Dest>, unused_type>);
     static_assert(!std::same_as<std::remove_const_t<Dest>, unused_container_type>);
-    static_assert(
-        // If either `It` or `Dest` is relevant to any character type,
-        (!CharLike<std::remove_cvref_t<std::iter_value_t<It>>> && !CharLike<std::remove_cvref_t<typename traits::container_value<Dest>::type>>) ||
-        // ... then do the check below:
-        !CharIncompatibleWith<std::remove_cvref_t<std::iter_value_t<It>>, std::remove_cvref_t<typename traits::container_value<Dest>::type>>,
-        "Mixing incompatible char types is not allowed"
-    );
+
+    if constexpr (CharLike<std::remove_cvref_t<std::iter_value_t<It>>> && CharLike<std::remove_cvref_t<typename traits::container_value<Dest>::type>>) {
+        static_assert(
+            std::same_as<std::remove_cvref_t<std::iter_value_t<It>>, std::remove_cvref_t<typename traits::container_value<Dest>::type>>,
+            "Mixing incompatible char types is not allowed"
+        );
+    }
 
     if constexpr (!is_ttp_specialization_of_v<Dest, container_appender>) {
         if (!traits::is_empty(dest)) {
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ move_to(Source&& src, Dest& dest)
 {
     static_assert(!std::same_as<std::remove_cvref_t<Source>, Dest>, "[BUG] This call should instead resolve to the overload handling identical types");
 
-    if constexpr (std::same_as<std::remove_cvref_t<Source>, typename traits::container_value<Dest>::type>) {
+    if constexpr (std::constructible_from<typename traits::container_value<Dest>::type, Source>) {
         traits::push_back(dest, std::forward<Source>(src));
     } else {
         if constexpr (std::is_rvalue_reference_v<Source&&>) {