diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c024a5e..2cadabae 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -953,8 +953,6 @@ else ()
         endif (NOT BUILD_AVX512VBMI)
         if(BUILD_SSE2_SIMDE)
             set (DISPATCHER_DEFINE "${DISPATCHER_DEFINE} -DVS_SIMDE_BACKEND -DVS_SIMDE_NATIVE -march=core2 -msse2")
-            set_source_files_properties(src/hs.cpp PROPERTIES
-                COMPILE_FLAGS "-DVS_SIMDE_BACKEND -DVS_SIMDE_NATIVE -march=core2 -msse2")
         endif(BUILD_SSE2_SIMDE)
         set_source_files_properties(src/dispatcher.c PROPERTIES
             COMPILE_FLAGS "-Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-function ${DISPATCHER_DEFINE}")
diff --git a/src/hs.cpp b/src/hs.cpp
index 9928a485..a1fd39ca 100644
--- a/src/hs.cpp
+++ b/src/hs.cpp
@@ -198,15 +198,9 @@ hs_compile_multi_int(const char *const *expressions, const unsigned *flags,
         return HS_COMPILER_ERROR;
     }
 
-#if defined(VS_SIMDE_NATIVE) && (defined(ARCH_IA32) || defined(ARCH_X86_64))
-#define CHECK_SSE_FUNC() (1)
-#else
-#define CHECK_SSE_FUNC() check_ssse3()
-#endif
-
 #if defined(FAT_RUNTIME)
 #if defined(ARCH_IA32) || defined(ARCH_X86_64)
-    if (!CHECK_SSE_FUNC()) {
+    if (!check_ssse3()) {
         *db = nullptr;
         *comp_error = generateCompileError("Unsupported architecture", -1);
         return HS_ARCH_ERROR;
@@ -330,7 +324,7 @@ hs_compile_lit_multi_int(const char *const *expressions, const unsigned *flags,
     }
 #if defined(FAT_RUNTIME)
 #if defined(ARCH_IA32) || defined(ARCH_X86_64)
-    if (!CHECK_SSE_FUNC()) {
+    if (!check_ssse3()) {
         *db = nullptr;
         *comp_error = generateCompileError("Unsupported architecture", -1);
         return HS_ARCH_ERROR;
@@ -510,7 +504,7 @@ hs_error_t hs_expression_info_int(const char *expression, unsigned int flags,
 
 #if defined(FAT_RUNTIME)
 #if defined(ARCH_IA32) || defined(ARCH_X86_64)
-    if (!CHECK_SSE_FUNC()) {
+    if (!check_ssse3()) {
         *error = generateCompileError("Unsupported architecture", -1);
         return HS_ARCH_ERROR;
     }
@@ -643,7 +637,7 @@ extern "C" HS_PUBLIC_API
 hs_error_t HS_CDECL hs_free_compile_error(hs_compile_error_t *error) {
 #if defined(FAT_RUNTIME)
 #if defined(ARCH_IA32) || defined(ARCH_X86_64)
-    if (!CHECK_SSE_FUNC()) {
+    if (!check_ssse3()) {
         return HS_ARCH_ERROR;
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/util/arch/x86/cpuid_inline.h b/src/util/arch/x86/cpuid_inline.h
index d5ff210c..fdbd893c 100644
--- a/src/util/arch/x86/cpuid_inline.h
+++ b/src/util/arch/x86/cpuid_inline.h
@@ -210,9 +210,13 @@ int check_avx512vbmi(void) {
 
 static inline
 int check_ssse3(void) {
+#if defined(VS_SIMDE_NATIVE) && (defined(ARCH_IA32) || defined(ARCH_X86_64))
+    return 1;
+#else
     unsigned int eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
     cpuid(1, 0, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
     return !!(ecx & CPUID_SSSE3);
+#endif
 }
 
 static inline