diff --git a/library/aesni.h b/library/aesni.h
index 754c984c79..59e27afd3e 100644
--- a/library/aesni.h
+++ b/library/aesni.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 /* GCC-like compilers: currently, we only support intrinsics if the requisite
  * target flag is enabled when building the library (e.g. `gcc -mpclmul -msse2`
  * or `clang -maes -mpclmul`). */
-#if (defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)) && defined(__AES__) && defined(__PCLMUL__)
+#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)
 #define MBEDTLS_AESNI_HAVE_INTRINSICS
 #endif
 /* For 32-bit, we only support intrinsics */
diff --git a/library/aesni.c b/library/aesni.c
index 2857068..3e104ab 100644
--- a/library/aesni.c
+++ b/library/aesni.c
@@ -31,16 +31,14 @@
 #include <immintrin.h>
 #endif
 
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_ARCH_IS_X86)
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_COMPILER_IS_GCC)
 #pragma GCC push_options
 #pragma GCC target ("pclmul,sse2,aes")
 #define MBEDTLS_POP_TARGET_PRAGMA
-#elif defined(__clang__) && (__clang_major__ >= 5)
+#elif defined(__clang__)
 #pragma clang attribute push (__attribute__((target("pclmul,sse2,aes"))), apply_to=function)
 #define MBEDTLS_POP_TARGET_PRAGMA
 #endif
-#endif
 
 #if !defined(MBEDTLS_AES_USE_HARDWARE_ONLY)
 /*