diff --git a/src/3rdparty/align.h b/src/3rdparty/align.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b61179b9..00000000
--- a/src/3rdparty/align.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/* XMRig
- * Copyright 2010      Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
- * Copyright 2012-2014 pooler      <pooler@litecoinpool.org>
- * Copyright 2014      Lucas Jones <https://github.com/lucasjones>
- * Copyright 2014-2016 Wolf9466    <https://github.com/OhGodAPet>
- * Copyright 2016      Jay D Dee   <jayddee246@gmail.com>
- * Copyright 2016-2017 XMRig       <support@xmrig.com>
- *
- *
- *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- *   (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- *   GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *   along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#ifndef __ALIGN_H__
-#define __ALIGN_H__
-
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#   define VAR_ALIGN(x, decl) __declspec(align(x)) decl
-#else
-#   define VAR_ALIGN(x, decl) decl __attribute__ ((aligned(x)))
-#endif
-
-#endif /* __ALIGN_H__ */
diff --git a/src/Mem.h b/src/Mem.h
index ee19ebb7..5334f72a 100644
--- a/src/Mem.h
+++ b/src/Mem.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <bitset>
 
-#include "align.h"
 #include "Options.h"
 
 struct cryptonight_ctx;
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ private:
     static int m_flags;
     static ThreadBitSet m_multiHashThreadMask;
     static size_t m_memorySize;
-    VAR_ALIGN(16, static uint8_t *m_memory);
+    alignas(16) static uint8_t *m_memory;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/crypto/CryptoNight.h b/src/crypto/CryptoNight.h
index faef076c..dc6b397b 100644
--- a/src/crypto/CryptoNight.h
+++ b/src/crypto/CryptoNight.h
@@ -28,15 +28,14 @@
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
 
-#include "align.h"
 #include "Options.h"
 
 #define MEMORY      2097152 /* 2 MiB */
 #define MEMORY_LITE 1048576 /* 1 MiB */
 
 struct cryptonight_ctx {
-    VAR_ALIGN(16, uint8_t state[MAX_NUM_HASH_BLOCKS][208]); // 208 instead of 200 to maintain aligned to 16 byte boundaries
-    VAR_ALIGN(16, uint8_t* memory);
+    alignas(16) uint8_t state[MAX_NUM_HASH_BLOCKS][208]; // 208 instead of 200 to maintain aligned to 16 byte boundaries
+    alignas(16) uint8_t* memory;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/net/Job.h b/src/net/Job.h
index bf8f8835..4763a7c2 100644
--- a/src/net/Job.h
+++ b/src/net/Job.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 
-#include "align.h"
 #include "net/JobId.h"
 
 
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ public:
     bool operator==(const Job &other) const;
 
 private:
-    VAR_ALIGN(16, uint8_t m_blob[84]); // Max blob size is 84 (75 fixed + 9 variable), aligned to 96. https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/1 Thanks fireice-uk.
+    alignas(16) uint8_t m_blob[84]; // Max blob size is 84 (75 fixed + 9 variable), aligned to 96. https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/1 Thanks fireice-uk.
 
     bool m_nicehash;
     int m_poolId;
diff --git a/src/workers/MultiWorker.h b/src/workers/MultiWorker.h
index 46e1ea73..33f5a062 100644
--- a/src/workers/MultiWorker.h
+++ b/src/workers/MultiWorker.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #define __MULTIWORKER_H__
 
 
-#include "align.h"
 #include "net/Job.h"
 #include "net/JobResult.h"
 #include "workers/Worker.h"