diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 50445514..b26f1f8f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ instructions set.
 twice as fast as the portable one.
  - An SSSE3 optimized implementation of ChaCha20 was added, and is
 twice as fast as the portable one.
- - sodium_increment(), crypto_verify_*() also got a speed bump.
  - New helper functions have been added: `sodium_is_zero()` and
  `sodium_add()`.
  - `sodium_runtime_has_aesni()` now properly detects the CPU flag when
diff --git a/src/libsodium/crypto_verify/16/ref/verify_16.c b/src/libsodium/crypto_verify/16/ref/verify_16.c
index 7d08f385..55080f09 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/crypto_verify/16/ref/verify_16.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/crypto_verify/16/ref/verify_16.c
@@ -7,16 +7,6 @@
 int
 crypto_verify_16(const unsigned char *x, const unsigned char *y)
 {
-#ifdef CPU_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
-    uint_fast64_t d = 0U;
-    int           i;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < 16; i += 4) {
-        d |= *((const uint32_t *) (const void *) &x[i]) ^
-             *((const uint32_t *) (const void *) &y[i]);
-    }
-    return (1 & ((d - 1) >> 32)) - 1;
-#else
     uint_fast16_t d = 0U;
     int           i;
 
@@ -24,5 +14,4 @@ crypto_verify_16(const unsigned char *x, const unsigned char *y)
         d |= x[i] ^ y[i];
     }
     return (1 & ((d - 1) >> 8)) - 1;
-#endif
 }
diff --git a/src/libsodium/crypto_verify/32/ref/verify_32.c b/src/libsodium/crypto_verify/32/ref/verify_32.c
index 4f7a6f84..2ad2560c 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/crypto_verify/32/ref/verify_32.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/crypto_verify/32/ref/verify_32.c
@@ -7,16 +7,6 @@
 int
 crypto_verify_32(const unsigned char *x, const unsigned char *y)
 {
-#ifdef CPU_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
-    uint_fast64_t d = 0U;
-    int           i;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < 32; i += 4) {
-        d |= *((const uint32_t *) (const void *) &x[i]) ^
-             *((const uint32_t *) (const void *) &y[i]);
-    }
-    return (1 & ((d - 1) >> 32)) - 1;
-#else
     uint_fast16_t d = 0U;
     int           i;
 
@@ -24,5 +14,4 @@ crypto_verify_32(const unsigned char *x, const unsigned char *y)
         d |= x[i] ^ y[i];
     }
     return (1 & ((d - 1) >> 8)) - 1;
-#endif
 }
diff --git a/src/libsodium/crypto_verify/64/ref/verify_64.c b/src/libsodium/crypto_verify/64/ref/verify_64.c
index 06e104c4..b6d32cf1 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/crypto_verify/64/ref/verify_64.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/crypto_verify/64/ref/verify_64.c
@@ -7,16 +7,6 @@
 int
 crypto_verify_64(const unsigned char *x, const unsigned char *y)
 {
-#ifdef CPU_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
-    uint_fast64_t d = 0U;
-    int           i;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < 64; i += 4) {
-        d |= *((const uint32_t *) (const void *) &x[i]) ^
-             *((const uint32_t *) (const void *) &y[i]);
-    }
-    return (1 & ((d - 1) >> 32)) - 1;
-#else
     uint_fast16_t d = 0U;
     int           i;
 
@@ -24,5 +14,4 @@ crypto_verify_64(const unsigned char *x, const unsigned char *y)
         d |= x[i] ^ y[i];
     }
     return (1 & ((d - 1) >> 8)) - 1;
-#endif
 }