diff --git a/lib/system/gc.nim b/lib/system/gc.nim
index 63b8b2cbd2..e6146ce26d 100644
--- a/lib/system/gc.nim
+++ b/lib/system/gc.nim
@@ -463,10 +463,7 @@ proc rawNewObj(typ: PNimType, size: int, gch: var GcHeap): pointer =
   var res = cast[PCell](rawAlloc(gch.region, size + sizeof(Cell), alignment))
   #gcAssert typ.kind in {tyString, tySequence} or size >= typ.base.size, "size too small"
   # Check that the user data (after the Cell header) is properly aligned
-  if alignment > MemAlign:
-    gcAssert((cast[int](cellToUsr(res)) and (alignment-1)) == 0, "newObj: 2.1")
-  else:
-    gcAssert((cast[int](res) and (MemAlign-1)) == 0, "newObj: 2.2")
+  gcAssert((cast[int](cellToUsr(res)) and (alignment-1)) == 0, "newObj: 2.1")
   # now it is buffered in the ZCT
   res.typ = typ
   setFrameInfo(res)
@@ -519,10 +516,7 @@ proc newObjRC1(typ: PNimType, size: int): pointer {.compilerRtl, noinline, raise
   var res = cast[PCell](rawAlloc(gch.region, size + sizeof(Cell), alignment))
   sysAssert(allocInv(gch.region), "newObjRC1 after rawAlloc")
   # Check that the user data (after the Cell header) is properly aligned
-  if alignment > MemAlign:
-    sysAssert((cast[int](cellToUsr(res)) and (alignment-1)) == 0, "newObj: 2.1")
-  else:
-    sysAssert((cast[int](res) and (MemAlign-1)) == 0, "newObj: 2.2")
+  sysAssert((cast[int](cellToUsr(res)) and (alignment-1)) == 0, "newObj: 2.1")
   # now it is buffered in the ZCT
   res.typ = typ
   setFrameInfo(res)