diff --git a/crypto/newhope/internal.h b/crypto/newhope/internal.h
index efc5adf8..eb170c06 100644
--- a/crypto/newhope/internal.h
+++ b/crypto/newhope/internal.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 /* Polynomial coefficients in unpacked form. */
 struct newhope_poly_st {
-  alignas(32) uint16_t coeffs[PARAM_N];
+  uint16_t coeffs[PARAM_N];
 };
 
 /* SEED_LENGTH is the length of the AES-CTR seed used to derive a polynomial. */