diff --git a/include/simdjson/portability.h b/include/simdjson/portability.h
index 2f8072b2..057fb2f9 100644
--- a/include/simdjson/portability.h
+++ b/include/simdjson/portability.h
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
 #endif
 
 // under GCC and CLANG, we use these two macros
-#define TARGET_FALLBACK TARGET_REGION("")
 #define TARGET_HASWELL TARGET_REGION("avx2,bmi,pclmul,lzcnt")
 #define TARGET_WESTMERE TARGET_REGION("sse4.2,pclmul")
 #define TARGET_ARM64
diff --git a/src/fallback/bitmanipulation.h b/src/fallback/bitmanipulation.h
index 85aeead4..6d00c80c 100644
--- a/src/fallback/bitmanipulation.h
+++ b/src/fallback/bitmanipulation.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "simdjson.h"
 #include <limits>
 
-TARGET_FALLBACK
 namespace simdjson::fallback {
 
 #ifndef _MSC_VER
@@ -60,6 +59,5 @@ really_inline bool mul_overflow(uint64_t value1, uint64_t value2, uint64_t *resu
 }
 
 } // namespace simdjson::fallback
-UNTARGET_REGION
 
 #endif // SIMDJSON_FALLBACK_BITMANIPULATION_H
diff --git a/src/fallback/implementation.h b/src/fallback/implementation.h
index 74de3fa3..32e7c9bf 100644
--- a/src/fallback/implementation.h
+++ b/src/fallback/implementation.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "simdjson.h"
 #include "isadetection.h"
 
-TARGET_FALLBACK
 namespace simdjson::fallback {
 
 class implementation final : public simdjson::implementation {
@@ -21,6 +20,5 @@ public:
 };
 
 } // namespace simdjson::fallback
-UNTARGET_REGION
 
 #endif // SIMDJSON_FALLBACK_IMPLEMENTATION_H
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/fallback/numberparsing.h b/src/fallback/numberparsing.h
index 3a5be25f..b32e4f05 100644
--- a/src/fallback/numberparsing.h
+++ b/src/fallback/numberparsing.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ void found_unsigned_integer(uint64_t result, const uint8_t *buf);
 void found_float(double result, const uint8_t *buf);
 #endif
 
-TARGET_FALLBACK
 namespace simdjson::fallback {
 static inline uint32_t parse_eight_digits_unrolled(const char *chars) {
   uint32_t result = 0;
@@ -29,6 +28,5 @@ static inline uint32_t parse_eight_digits_unrolled(const char *chars) {
 #include "generic/numberparsing.h"
 
 } // namespace simdjson::fallback
-UNTARGET_REGION
 
 #endif // SIMDJSON_FALLBACK_NUMBERPARSING_H
diff --git a/src/fallback/stage1_find_marks.h b/src/fallback/stage1_find_marks.h
index 5674c5b0..51e59895 100644
--- a/src/fallback/stage1_find_marks.h
+++ b/src/fallback/stage1_find_marks.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "simdjson.h"
 #include "fallback/implementation.h"
 
-TARGET_FALLBACK
 namespace simdjson::fallback::stage1 {
 
 class structural_scanner {
@@ -141,9 +140,7 @@ private:
 }; // structural_scanner
 
 } // simdjson::fallback::stage1
-UNTARGET_REGION
 
-TARGET_FALLBACK
 namespace simdjson::fallback {
 
 WARN_UNUSED error_code implementation::stage1(const uint8_t *buf, size_t len, document::parser &parser, bool streaming) const noexcept {
@@ -155,6 +152,5 @@ WARN_UNUSED error_code implementation::stage1(const uint8_t *buf, size_t len, do
 }
 
 } // namespace simdjson::fallback
-UNTARGET_REGION
 
 #endif // SIMDJSON_FALLBACK_STAGE1_FIND_MARKS_H
diff --git a/src/fallback/stage2_build_tape.h b/src/fallback/stage2_build_tape.h
index 48886d16..41b0c82b 100644
--- a/src/fallback/stage2_build_tape.h
+++ b/src/fallback/stage2_build_tape.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "fallback/stringparsing.h"
 #include "fallback/numberparsing.h"
 
-TARGET_FALLBACK
 namespace simdjson::fallback {
 
 #include "generic/atomparsing.h"
@@ -15,6 +14,5 @@ namespace simdjson::fallback {
 #include "generic/stage2_streaming_build_tape.h"
 
 } // namespace simdjson
-UNTARGET_REGION
 
 #endif // SIMDJSON_FALLBACK_STAGE2_BUILD_TAPE_H
diff --git a/src/fallback/stringparsing.h b/src/fallback/stringparsing.h
index 1b14ffcd..ac986a79 100644
--- a/src/fallback/stringparsing.h
+++ b/src/fallback/stringparsing.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "simdjson.h"
 #include "jsoncharutils.h"
 
-TARGET_FALLBACK
 namespace simdjson::fallback {
 
 // Holds backslashes and quotes locations.
@@ -30,6 +29,5 @@ really_inline backslash_and_quote backslash_and_quote::copy_and_find(const uint8
 #include "generic/stringparsing.h"
 
 } // namespace simdjson::fallback
-UNTARGET_REGION
 
 #endif // SIMDJSON_FALLBACK_STRINGPARSING_H