diff --git a/libc/string/x86_64/strcat.S b/libc/string/x86_64/strcat.S
index 55e09e5f1..209e19062 100644
--- a/libc/string/x86_64/strcat.S
+++ b/libc/string/x86_64/strcat.S
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ ENTRY (BP_SYM (strcat))
 
 	/* Align, it is a jump target.  */
 	/* Next 3 insns are 8 bytes total, make sure we decode them in one go */
-	.p2align 3,,8
+	.p2align 3,,7
 3:
 	subq $8,%rax		/* correct pointer increment.  */
 
diff --git a/libc/string/x86_64/strcspn.S b/libc/string/x86_64/strcspn.S
index 7a06c8867..5ef565db7 100644
--- a/libc/string/x86_64/strcspn.S
+++ b/libc/string/x86_64/strcspn.S
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ L(1):	leaq -4(%rdx), %rax	/* prepare loop */
 	/* but it will also align entire function to 16 bytes, */
 	/* potentially creating largish padding at link time. */
 	/* We are aligning to 8 bytes instead: */
-	.p2align 3,,8
+	.p2align 3,,7
 
 L(3):	addq $4, %rax		/* adjust pointer for full loop round */
 
diff --git a/libc/string/x86_64/strlen.S b/libc/string/x86_64/strlen.S
index 9e84326c2..2fe2f58b2 100644
--- a/libc/string/x86_64/strlen.S
+++ b/libc/string/x86_64/strlen.S
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ ENTRY (strlen)
 
 	/* Align, it is a jump target.  */
 	/* Next 3 insns are 8 bytes total, make sure we decode them in one go */
-	.p2align 3,,8
+	.p2align 3,,7
 3:
 	subq $8,%rax		/* correct pointer increment.  */
 
diff --git a/libc/string/x86_64/strspn.S b/libc/string/x86_64/strspn.S
index 366377649..8dc42656b 100644
--- a/libc/string/x86_64/strspn.S
+++ b/libc/string/x86_64/strspn.S
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ L(1):	leaq -4(%rdx), %rax	/* prepare loop */
 	/* but it will also align entire function to 16 bytes, */
 	/* potentially creating largish padding at link time. */
 	/* We are aligning to 8 bytes instead: */
-	.p2align 3,,8
+	.p2align 3,,7
 L(3):
 	addq $4, %rax		/* adjust pointer for full loop round */