diff --git a/src/tmqh-flow.h b/src/tmqh-flow.h
index a423f66792..ccf9263337 100644
--- a/src/tmqh-flow.h
+++ b/src/tmqh-flow.h
@@ -26,13 +26,9 @@
 
 typedef struct TmqhFlowMode_ {
     PacketQueue *q;
-#if __WORDSIZE == 32
-    uint32_t pad1;
-#endif
     SC_ATOMIC_DECLARE(uint64_t, total_packets);
     SC_ATOMIC_DECLARE(uint64_t, total_flows);
-    uint32_t pad[10];
-} TmqhFlowMode __attribute__((aligned(64)));
+} TmqhFlowMode;
 
 /** \brief Ctx for the flow queue handler
  *  \param size number of queues to output to