diff --git a/src/hwlm/noodle_engine_simd.hpp b/src/hwlm/noodle_engine_simd.hpp
index 9e16c2f3..9af76768 100644
--- a/src/hwlm/noodle_engine_simd.hpp
+++ b/src/hwlm/noodle_engine_simd.hpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static really_really_inline
 hwlm_error_t single_zscan(const struct noodTable *n,const u8 *d, const u8 *buf,
                           typename SuperVector<S>::comparemask_type z, size_t len, const struct cb_info *cbi) {
     while (unlikely(z)) {
-        typename SuperVector<S>::comparemask_type pos = SuperVector<S>::findLSB(z) >> Z_POSSHIFT;
+        typename SuperVector<S>::comparemask_type pos = SuperVector<S>::findLSB(z);
         size_t matchPos = d - buf + pos;
         DEBUG_PRINTF("match pos %zu\n", matchPos);
         hwlmcb_rv_t rv = final(n, buf, len, n->msk_len != 1, cbi, matchPos);
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static really_really_inline
 hwlm_error_t double_zscan(const struct noodTable *n,const u8 *d, const u8 *buf,
                           typename SuperVector<S>::comparemask_type z, size_t len, const struct cb_info *cbi) {
     while (unlikely(z)) {
-        typename SuperVector<S>::comparemask_type pos = SuperVector<S>::findLSB(z) >> Z_POSSHIFT;
+        typename SuperVector<S>::comparemask_type pos = SuperVector<S>::findLSB(z);
         size_t matchPos = d - buf + pos - 1;
         DEBUG_PRINTF("match pos %zu\n", matchPos);
         hwlmcb_rv_t rv = final(n, buf, len, true, cbi, matchPos);
diff --git a/src/util/supervector/supervector.hpp b/src/util/supervector/supervector.hpp
index 1d72ee81..3c4b1eea 100644
--- a/src/util/supervector/supervector.hpp
+++ b/src/util/supervector/supervector.hpp
@@ -48,18 +48,6 @@
 
 #include <util/bitutils.h>
 
-#if defined(HAVE_SIMD_512_BITS)
-#define Z_POSSHIFT 0
-#elif defined(HAVE_SIMD_256_BITS)
-#define Z_POSSHIFT 0
-#elif defined(HAVE_SIMD_128_BITS)
-#if !defined(VS_SIMDE_BACKEND) && (defined(ARCH_ARM32) || defined(ARCH_AARCH64))
-#define Z_POSSHIFT 2
-#else
-#define Z_POSSHIFT 0
-#endif
-#endif
-
 // Define a common assume_aligned using an appropriate compiler built-in, if
 // it's available. Note that we need to handle C or C++ compilation.
 #ifdef __cplusplus