diff --git a/include/internal/catch_capture.hpp b/include/internal/catch_capture.hpp
index 544fc120..22cf6959 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_capture.hpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_capture.hpp
@@ -131,12 +131,12 @@
     do { \
         Catch::ResultBuilder __catchResult( macroName, CATCH_INTERNAL_LINEINFO, #arg " " #matcher, resultDisposition ); \
         try { \
-            std::string matcherAsString = ::Catch::Matchers::matcher.toString(); \
+            std::string matcherAsString = (matcher).toString(); \
             __catchResult \
                 .setLhs( Catch::toString( arg ) ) \
                 .setRhs( matcherAsString == Catch::Detail::unprintableString ? #matcher : matcherAsString ) \
                 .setOp( "matches" ) \
-                .setResultType( ::Catch::Matchers::matcher.match( arg ) ); \
+                .setResultType( (matcher).match( arg ) ); \
             __catchResult.captureExpression(); \
         } catch( ... ) { \
             __catchResult.useActiveException( resultDisposition | Catch::ResultDisposition::ContinueOnFailure ); \
diff --git a/projects/SelfTest/MiscTests.cpp b/projects/SelfTest/MiscTests.cpp
index 70a6cee1..8bd271c4 100644
--- a/projects/SelfTest/MiscTests.cpp
+++ b/projects/SelfTest/MiscTests.cpp
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ inline const char* testStringForMatching()
 {
     return "this string contains 'abc' as a substring";
 }
+using namespace Catch::Matchers;
 
 TEST_CASE("String matchers", "[matchers]" )
 {
diff --git a/projects/SelfTest/TagAliasTests.cpp b/projects/SelfTest/TagAliasTests.cpp
index b95ad009..002a93c0 100644
--- a/projects/SelfTest/TagAliasTests.cpp
+++ b/projects/SelfTest/TagAliasTests.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 TEST_CASE( "Tag alias can be registered against tag patterns", "" ) {
 
+    using namespace Catch::Matchers;
+
     Catch::TagAliasRegistry registry;
 
     registry.add( "[@zzz]", "[one][two]", Catch::SourceLineInfo( "file", 2 ) );
diff --git a/projects/SelfTest/TestMain.cpp b/projects/SelfTest/TestMain.cpp
index f8d17fdd..bffc7e77 100644
--- a/projects/SelfTest/TestMain.cpp
+++ b/projects/SelfTest/TestMain.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ inline Catch::TestCase fakeTestCase( const char* name, const char* desc = "" ){
 
 TEST_CASE( "Process can be configured on command line", "[config][command-line]" ) {
 
+    using namespace Catch::Matchers;
+
     Catch::ConfigData config;
 
     SECTION( "default - no arguments", "" ) {