diff --git a/thrust/examples/expand.cu b/thrust/examples/expand.cu
index 350ec1d4099..c735d62bbcb 100644
--- a/thrust/examples/expand.cu
+++ b/thrust/examples/expand.cu
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 template <typename InputIterator1, typename InputIterator2, typename OutputIterator>
 OutputIterator expand(InputIterator1 first1, InputIterator1 last1, InputIterator2 first2, OutputIterator output)
 {
-  using difference_type = thrust::detail::it_difference_t<InputIterator1>;
+  using difference_type = typename cuda::std::iterator_traits<InputIterator1>::difference;
 
   difference_type input_size  = thrust::distance(first1, last1);
   difference_type output_size = thrust::reduce(first1, last1);
diff --git a/thrust/examples/repeated_range.cu b/thrust/examples/repeated_range.cu
index debd13c58f9..61fd26573f2 100644
--- a/thrust/examples/repeated_range.cu
+++ b/thrust/examples/repeated_range.cu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ template <typename Iterator>
 class repeated_range
 {
 public:
-  using difference_type = thrust::detail::it_difference_t<Iterator>;
+  using difference_type = typename cuda::std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::difference;
 
   struct repeat_functor
   {
diff --git a/thrust/examples/strided_range.cu b/thrust/examples/strided_range.cu
index dbdbac82d62..7c6fc0d7596 100644
--- a/thrust/examples/strided_range.cu
+++ b/thrust/examples/strided_range.cu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ template <typename Iterator>
 class strided_range
 {
 public:
-  using difference_type = thrust::detail::it_difference_t<Iterator>;
+  using difference_type = typename cuda::std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::difference;
 
   struct stride_functor
   {
diff --git a/thrust/examples/tiled_range.cu b/thrust/examples/tiled_range.cu
index 220591dc8f5..3b3a687c6c8 100644
--- a/thrust/examples/tiled_range.cu
+++ b/thrust/examples/tiled_range.cu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ template <typename Iterator>
 class tiled_range
 {
 public:
-  using difference_type = thrust::detail::it_difference_t<Iterator>;
+  using difference_type = typename cuda::std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::difference;
 
   struct tile_functor
   {