diff --git a/include/verilatedos.h b/include/verilatedos.h
index 625552d4f..6a24ea36f 100644
--- a/include/verilatedos.h
+++ b/include/verilatedos.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 // Compiler pragma abstraction
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
-# define VL_ATTR_ALIGNED(alignment) __attribute__((aligned(alignment)))
 # define VL_ATTR_ALWINLINE __attribute__((always_inline)) inline
 # define VL_ATTR_NOINLINE __attribute__((noinline))
 # define VL_ATTR_COLD __attribute__((cold))
@@ -78,9 +77,6 @@
 #endif
 
 // Defaults for unsupported compiler features
-#ifndef VL_ATTR_ALIGNED
-# define VL_ATTR_ALIGNED(alignment)  ///< Attribute to align structure to byte alignment
-#endif
 #ifndef VL_ATTR_ALWINLINE
 # define VL_ATTR_ALWINLINE  ///< Attribute to inline, even when not optimizing
 #endif
@@ -142,6 +138,7 @@
 
 
 #ifndef VL_NO_LEGACY
+# define VL_ATTR_ALIGNED(alignment)  // Deprecated
 # define VL_FUNC __func__  // Deprecated
 # define VL_THREAD  // Deprecated
 # define VL_THREAD_LOCAL thread_local  // Deprecated
diff --git a/src/V3EmitCHeaders.cpp b/src/V3EmitCHeaders.cpp
index 63a06a956..798006653 100644
--- a/src/V3EmitCHeaders.cpp
+++ b/src/V3EmitCHeaders.cpp
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ class EmitCHeader final : public EmitCConstInit {
 
         // Open class body {{{
         puts("\nclass ");
+        if (!VN_IS(modp, Class)) puts("alignas(VL_CACHE_LINE_BYTES) ");
         puts(prefixNameProtect(modp));
         if (const AstClass* const classp = VN_CAST(modp, Class)) {
             puts(" : public ");
@@ -329,11 +330,7 @@ class EmitCHeader final : public EmitCConstInit {
         emitTextSection(modp, VNType::atScInt);
 
         // Close class body
-        if (!VN_IS(modp, Class)) {
-            puts("} VL_ATTR_ALIGNED(VL_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);\n");
-        } else {
-            puts("};\n");
-        }
+        puts("};\n");
         // }}}
 
         // Emit out of class function declarations
diff --git a/src/V3EmitCModel.cpp b/src/V3EmitCModel.cpp
index e7debc3cd..d63708828 100644
--- a/src/V3EmitCModel.cpp
+++ b/src/V3EmitCModel.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class EmitCModel final : public EmitCFunc {
         puts("\n");
 
         puts("// This class is the main interface to the Verilated model\n");
-        puts("class " + topClassName() + " VL_NOT_FINAL : ");
+        puts("class alignas(VL_CACHE_LINE_BYTES) " + topClassName() + " VL_NOT_FINAL : ");
         if (optSystemC()) {
             // SC_MODULE, but with multiple-inheritance of VerilatedModel
             puts("public ::sc_core::sc_module, ");
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class EmitCModel final : public EmitCFunc {
             puts("std::unique_ptr<VerilatedTraceConfig> traceConfig() const override final;\n");
         }
 
-        puts("} VL_ATTR_ALIGNED(VL_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);\n");
+        puts("};\n");
 
         ofp()->putsEndGuard();
 
diff --git a/src/V3EmitCSyms.cpp b/src/V3EmitCSyms.cpp
index 59b299d7b..04ea78814 100644
--- a/src/V3EmitCSyms.cpp
+++ b/src/V3EmitCSyms.cpp
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ void EmitCSyms::emitSymHdr() {
     }
 
     puts("\n// SYMS CLASS (contains all model state)\n");
-    puts("class " + symClassName() + " final : public VerilatedSyms {\n");
+    puts("class alignas(VL_CACHE_LINE_BYTES)" + symClassName()
+         + " final : public VerilatedSyms {\n");
     ofp()->putsPrivate(false);  // public:
 
     puts("// INTERNAL STATE\n");
@@ -554,7 +555,7 @@ void EmitCSyms::emitSymHdr() {
         puts("void " + protect("__Vserialize") + "(VerilatedSerialize& os);\n");
         puts("void " + protect("__Vdeserialize") + "(VerilatedDeserialize& os);\n");
     }
-    puts("} VL_ATTR_ALIGNED(VL_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);\n");
+    puts("};\n");
 
     ofp()->putsEndGuard();
     VL_DO_CLEAR(delete m_ofp, m_ofp = nullptr);