diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/md5.c b/wolfcrypt/src/md5.c
index 1b5a86e6e..9a18720f8 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/md5.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/md5.c
@@ -154,14 +154,8 @@ static int Transform_Len(wc_Md5* md5, const byte* data, word32 len)
 #define HAVE_MD5_CUST_API
 #else
 #define NEED_SOFT_MD5
-
 #endif /* End Hardware Acceleration */
 
-#ifndef WC_MD5_DATA_ALIGNMENT
-    /* default to 32-bit alignement */
-    #define WC_MD5_DATA_ALIGNMENT 4
-#endif
-
 #ifdef NEED_SOFT_MD5
 
 #define XTRANSFORM(S,B)  Transform((S),(B))
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/sha.c b/wolfcrypt/src/sha.c
index a601e9e28..dd51bd002 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/sha.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/sha.c
@@ -326,14 +326,8 @@
 
         return ret;
     }
-
 #endif /* End Hardware Acceleration */
 
-#ifndef WC_SHA_DATA_ALIGNMENT
-    /* default to 32-bit alignement */
-    #define WC_SHA_DATA_ALIGNMENT 4
-#endif
-
 /* Software implementation */
 #ifdef USE_SHA_SOFTWARE_IMPL
 
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/sha256.c b/wolfcrypt/src/sha256.c
index 23dbbc410..d8d43662f 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/sha256.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/sha256.c
@@ -201,9 +201,6 @@ static int InitSha256(wc_Sha256* sha256)
     /* in case intel instructions aren't available, plus we need the K[] global */
     #define NEED_SOFT_SHA256
 
-    /* requires 128-bit alignment */
-    #define WC_SHA256_DATA_ALIGNMENT 16
-
     /*****
     Intel AVX1/AVX2 Macro Control Structure
 
@@ -614,11 +611,6 @@ static int InitSha256(wc_Sha256* sha256)
     }
 #endif /* End Hardware Acceleration */
 
-#ifndef WC_SHA256_DATA_ALIGNMENT
-    /* default is 32-bit alignment required */
-    #define WC_SHA256_DATA_ALIGNMENT 4
-#endif
-
 #ifdef NEED_SOFT_SHA256
 
     static const ALIGN32 word32 K[64] = {