diff --git a/src/Audio.c b/src/Audio.c
index 11b4e9657..7d9fa5fb4 100644
--- a/src/Audio.c
+++ b/src/Audio.c
@@ -942,62 +942,6 @@ static struct AudioMemPools audioPools[64];
 AudioDriver drv;
 bool switchAudio = false;
 
-
-// implementations of malloc_aligned and free_aligned
-// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6563120/what-does-posix-memalign-memalign-do
-static void *malloc_aligned(size_t alignment, size_t bytes)
-{
-    // we need to allocate enough storage for the requested bytes, some 
-    // book-keeping (to store the location returned by malloc) and some extra
-    // padding to allow us to find an aligned byte.  im not entirely sure if 
-    // 2 * alignment is enough here, its just a guess.
-    const size_t total_size = bytes + (2 * alignment) + sizeof(size_t);
-
-    char *data = malloc(sizeof(char) * total_size);
-
-    if (data)
-    {
-        // store the original start of the malloc'd data.
-        const void * const data_start = data;
-
-        // dedicate enough space to the book-keeping.
-        data += sizeof(size_t);
-
-        // find a memory location with correct alignment.  the alignment minus 
-        // the remainder of this mod operation is how many bytes forward we need 
-        // to move to find an aligned byte.
-        const size_t offset = alignment - (((size_t)data) % alignment);
-
-        // set data to the aligned memory.
-        data += offset;
-
-        // write the book-keeping.
-        size_t *book_keeping = (size_t*)(data - sizeof(size_t));
-        *book_keeping = (size_t)data_start;
-    }
-
-    return data;
-}
-
-static void free_aligned(void *raw_data)
-{
-    if (raw_data)
-    {
-        char *data = raw_data;
-
-        // we have to assume this memory was allocated with malloc_aligned.  
-        // this means the sizeof(size_t) bytes before data are the book-keeping 
-        // which points to the location we need to pass to free.
-        data -= sizeof(size_t);
-
-        // set data to the location stored in book-keeping.
-        data = (char*)(*((size_t*)data));
-
-        // free the memory.
-        free(data);
-    }
-}
-
 static cc_bool AudioBackend_Init(void) {
 	if (switchAudio) return true;
 	switchAudio = true;
@@ -1154,7 +1098,7 @@ cc_bool Audio_DescribeError(cc_result res, cc_string* dst) {
 
 void Audio_AllocChunks(cc_uint32 size, void** chunks, int numChunks) {
 	size = (size + 0xFFF) & ~0xFFF;  // round up to nearest multiple of 0x1000
-	void* dst = malloc_aligned(0x1000, size * numChunks);
+	void* dst = aligned_alloc(0x1000, size * numChunks);
 	armDCacheFlush(dst, size * numChunks);
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < numChunks; i++) {
@@ -1185,7 +1129,7 @@ void Audio_FreeChunks(void** chunks, int numChunks) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	free_aligned(chunks[0]);
+	free(chunks[0]);
 }
 #elif defined CC_BUILD_DREAMCAST
 /*########################################################################################################################*