diff --git a/common/build/Utilities/utilities.vcxproj b/common/build/Utilities/utilities.vcxproj
index 74ad637fe7..1ee3d0194f 100644
--- a/common/build/Utilities/utilities.vcxproj
+++ b/common/build/Utilities/utilities.vcxproj
@@ -99,7 +99,11 @@
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\Utilities\AlignedMalloc.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\Utilities\AlignedMalloc.cpp">
+      <ExcludedFromBuild Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">true</ExcludedFromBuild>
+      <ExcludedFromBuild Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Devel|Win32'">true</ExcludedFromBuild>
+      <ExcludedFromBuild Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">true</ExcludedFromBuild>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\Utilities\CheckedStaticBox.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\Utilities\Console.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\Utilities\Exceptions.cpp" />
@@ -154,6 +158,7 @@
     <None Include="..\..\include\Utilities\TlsVariable.inl" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\include\Utilities\ScopedAlloc.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\src\Utilities\ThreadingInternal.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\include\Utilities\Assertions.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\include\Utilities\CheckedStaticBox.h" />
diff --git a/common/build/Utilities/utilities.vcxproj.filters b/common/build/Utilities/utilities.vcxproj.filters
index ae40b772b7..35d467a66d 100644
--- a/common/build/Utilities/utilities.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/common/build/Utilities/utilities.vcxproj.filters
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
     </Filter>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\Utilities\AlignedMalloc.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\Utilities\CheckedStaticBox.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -122,6 +119,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\Utilities\pxWindowTextWriter.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\Utilities\AlignedMalloc.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files\Linux</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="..\..\include\Utilities\EventSource.inl">
@@ -225,5 +225,8 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\include\Utilities\RwMutex.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\include\Utilities\ScopedAlloc.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/common/include/Utilities/ScopedAlloc.h b/common/include/Utilities/ScopedAlloc.h
index 9437495e19..84737b75b5 100644
--- a/common/include/Utilities/ScopedAlloc.h
+++ b/common/include/Utilities/ScopedAlloc.h
@@ -48,16 +48,11 @@
 #define safe_aligned_free( ptr ) \
 	((void) ( _aligned_free( ptr ), (ptr) = NULL ))
 
-
-extern void* __fastcall pcsx2_aligned_malloc(size_t size, size_t align);
-extern void* __fastcall pcsx2_aligned_realloc(void* handle, size_t size, size_t align);
-extern void pcsx2_aligned_free(void* pmem);
-
 // aligned_malloc: Implement/declare linux equivalents here!
-#if !defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(HAVE_ALIGNED_MALLOC)
-#	define _aligned_malloc	pcsx2_aligned_malloc
-#	define _aligned_free	pcsx2_aligned_free
-# 	define _aligned_realloc	pcsx2_aligned_realloc
+#if !defined(_MSC_VER)
+extern void* __fastcall _aligned_malloc(size_t size, size_t align);
+extern void* __fastcall _aligned_realloc(void* handle, size_t size, size_t align);
+extern void _aligned_free(void* pmem);
 #endif
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/common/src/Utilities/AlignedMalloc.cpp b/common/src/Utilities/AlignedMalloc.cpp
index b921f8c0b8..dde8c8efb3 100644
--- a/common/src/Utilities/AlignedMalloc.cpp
+++ b/common/src/Utilities/AlignedMalloc.cpp
@@ -18,20 +18,10 @@
 
 #include "PrecompiledHeader.h"
 
-struct AlignedMallocHeader
-{
-	size_t size;		// size of the allocated buffer (minus alignment and header)
-	void* baseptr;	// offset of the original allocated pointer
-};
-
-static const uint headsize = sizeof(AlignedMallocHeader);
-
-void* __fastcall pcsx2_aligned_malloc(size_t size, size_t align)
+void* __fastcall _aligned_malloc(size_t size, size_t align)
 {
 	pxAssert( align < 0x10000 );
-#ifdef _WIN32
-	return _aligned_malloc(size, align);
-#elif defined(__USE_ISOC11) && !defined(ASAN_WORKAROUND) // not supported yet on gcc 4.9
+#if defined(__USE_ISOC11) && !defined(ASAN_WORKAROUND) // not supported yet on gcc 4.9
 	return aligned_alloc(align, size);
 #else
 	void *result = 0;
@@ -40,25 +30,21 @@ void* __fastcall pcsx2_aligned_malloc(size_t size, size_t align)
 #endif
 }
 
-void* __fastcall pcsx2_aligned_realloc(void* handle, size_t size, size_t align)
+void* __fastcall _aligned_realloc(void* handle, size_t size, size_t align)
 {
 	pxAssert( align < 0x10000 );
 
-	void* newbuf = pcsx2_aligned_malloc( size, align );
+	void* newbuf = _aligned_malloc( size, align );
 
 	if( handle != NULL )
 	{
 		memcpy( newbuf, handle, size );
-		pcsx2_aligned_free(handle);
+		_aligned_free(handle);
 	}
 	return newbuf;
 }
 
-__fi void pcsx2_aligned_free(void* pmem)
+__fi void _aligned_free(void* pmem)
 {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-	_aligned_free(pmem);
-#else
 	free(pmem);
-#endif
 }