diff --git a/src/porting.cpp b/src/porting.cpp
index 16e14631d4b0..54c9ee2c9819 100644
--- a/src/porting.cpp
+++ b/src/porting.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 	#include "porting_android.h"
 #endif
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
+	#include <mach-o/dyld.h>
+	#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
 	// For _NSGetEnviron()
 	// Related: https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/issues/2458
 	#include <crt_externs.h>
diff --git a/src/porting.h b/src/porting.h
index da9f83eab3e7..6657d7bba22d 100644
--- a/src/porting.h
+++ b/src/porting.h
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 	#define SWPRINTF_CHARSTRING L"%s"
 #endif
 
-//currently not needed
-//template<typename T> struct alignment_trick { char c; T member; };
-//#define ALIGNOF(type) offsetof (alignment_trick<type>, member)
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	#include <windows.h>
 
@@ -49,12 +45,7 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 	#define sleep_us(x) Sleep((x)/1000)
 #else
 	#include <unistd.h>
-	#include <cstdint> //for uintptr_t
 
-	// Use standard Posix macro for Linux
-	#if (defined(linux) || defined(__linux)) && !defined(__linux__)
-		#define __linux__
-	#endif
 	#if (defined(__linux__) || defined(__GNU__)) && !defined(_GNU_SOURCE)
 		#define _GNU_SOURCE
 	#endif
@@ -64,18 +55,16 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
-	#define ALIGNOF(x) __alignof(x)
 	#define strtok_r(x, y, z) strtok_s(x, y, z)
 	#define strtof(x, y) (float)strtod(x, y)
 	#define strtoll(x, y, z) _strtoi64(x, y, z)
 	#define strtoull(x, y, z) _strtoui64(x, y, z)
 	#define strcasecmp(x, y) stricmp(x, y)
 	#define strncasecmp(x, y, n) strnicmp(x, y, n)
-#else
-	#define ALIGNOF(x) __alignof__(x)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __MINGW32__
+	// was broken in 2013, unclear if still needed
 	#define strtok_r(x, y, z) mystrtok_r(x, y, z)
 #endif
 
@@ -97,18 +86,11 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 	#define strlcpy(d, s, n) mystrlcpy(d, s, n)
 #endif
 
-#define PADDING(x, y) ((ALIGNOF(y) - ((uintptr_t)(x) & (ALIGNOF(y) - 1))) & (ALIGNOF(y) - 1))
-
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
-	#include <mach-o/dyld.h>
-	#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
-#endif
-
-#ifndef _WIN32 // Posix
+#ifndef _WIN32 // POSIX
 	#include <sys/time.h>
 	#include <ctime>
 
-#if defined(__MACH__) && defined(__APPLE__)
+	#if defined(__MACH__) && defined(__APPLE__)
 		#include <mach/clock.h>
 		#include <mach/mach.h>
 	#endif
@@ -178,7 +160,7 @@ void initializePaths();
 std::string get_sysinfo();
 
 
-// Monotonic counter getters.
+// Monotonic timer
 
 #ifdef _WIN32 // Windows
 
@@ -197,7 +179,7 @@ inline u64 getTimeMs() { return os_get_time(1000); }
 inline u64 getTimeUs() { return os_get_time(1000*1000); }
 inline u64 getTimeNs() { return os_get_time(1000*1000*1000); }
 
-#else // Posix
+#else // POSIX
 
 inline void os_get_clock(struct timespec *ts)
 {
@@ -314,7 +296,7 @@ inline const char *getPlatformName()
 	"Cygwin"
 #elif defined(__unix__) || defined(__unix)
 	#if defined(_POSIX_VERSION)
-		"Posix"
+		"POSIX"
 	#else
 		"Unix"
 	#endif