diff --git a/src/ripple/app/misc/impl/Transaction.cpp b/src/ripple/app/misc/impl/Transaction.cpp
index 4b04a2f591..f29b11b8f0 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/misc/impl/Transaction.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/misc/impl/Transaction.cpp
@@ -63,18 +63,18 @@ void Transaction::setStatus (TransStatus ts, std::uint32_t lseq)
 TransStatus Transaction::sqlTransactionStatus(
     boost::optional<std::string> const& status)
 {
-    char const c = (status) ? (*status)[0] : TXN_SQL_UNKNOWN;
+    char const c = (status) ? (*status)[0] : txnSqlUnknown;
 
     switch (c)
     {
-    case TXN_SQL_NEW:       return NEW;
-    case TXN_SQL_CONFLICT:  return CONFLICTED;
-    case TXN_SQL_HELD:      return HELD;
-    case TXN_SQL_VALIDATED: return COMMITTED;
-    case TXN_SQL_INCLUDED:  return INCLUDED;
+    case txnSqlNew:       return NEW;
+    case txnSqlConflict:  return CONFLICTED;
+    case txnSqlHeld:      return HELD;
+    case txnSqlValidated: return COMMITTED;
+    case txnSqlIncluded:  return INCLUDED;
     }
 
-    assert (c == TXN_SQL_UNKNOWN);
+    assert (c == txnSqlUnknown);
     return INVALID;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ripple/protocol/STTx.h b/src/ripple/protocol/STTx.h
index 6ab0035bb0..43f0747a3b 100644
--- a/src/ripple/protocol/STTx.h
+++ b/src/ripple/protocol/STTx.h
@@ -30,13 +30,15 @@
 
 namespace ripple {
 
-// VFALCO TODO replace these macros with language constants
-#define TXN_SQL_NEW         'N'
-#define TXN_SQL_CONFLICT    'C'
-#define TXN_SQL_HELD        'H'
-#define TXN_SQL_VALIDATED   'V'
-#define TXN_SQL_INCLUDED    'I'
-#define TXN_SQL_UNKNOWN     'U'
+enum TxnSql : char
+{
+    txnSqlNew = 'N',
+    txnSqlConflict = 'C',
+    txnSqlHeld = 'H',
+    txnSqlValidated = 'V',
+    txnSqlIncluded = 'I',
+    txnSqlUnknown = 'U'
+};
 
 class STTx final
     : public STObject
diff --git a/src/ripple/protocol/impl/STTx.cpp b/src/ripple/protocol/impl/STTx.cpp
index 4547e5e142..a101ba7619 100644
--- a/src/ripple/protocol/impl/STTx.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/protocol/impl/STTx.cpp
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ std::string STTx::getMetaSQL (std::uint32_t inLedger,
 {
     Serializer s;
     add (s);
-    return getMetaSQL (s, inLedger, TXN_SQL_VALIDATED, escapedMetaData);
+    return getMetaSQL (s, inLedger, txnSqlValidated, escapedMetaData);
 }
 
 // VFALCO This could be a free function elsewhere