diff --git a/pcsx2/x86/microVU_Misc.h b/pcsx2/x86/microVU_Misc.h
index b52fe31978..30264e093f 100644
--- a/pcsx2/x86/microVU_Misc.h
+++ b/pcsx2/x86/microVU_Misc.h
@@ -183,17 +183,10 @@ typedef Fntype_mVUrecInst* Fnptr_mVUrecInst;
 //------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Define mVUquickSearch
 //------------------------------------------------------------------
-#ifndef __linux__
 extern __pagealigned u8 mVUsearchXMM[__pagesize];
 typedef u32 (__fastcall *mVUCall)(void*, void*);
 #define mVUquickSearch(dest, src, size) ((((mVUCall)((void*)mVUsearchXMM))(dest, src)) == 0xf)
 #define mVUemitSearch() { mVUcustomSearch(); }
-#else
-// Note: GCC builds crash with custom search function, because
-// they're not guaranteeing 16-byte alignment on the structs :(
-#define mVUquickSearch(dest, src, size) (!memcmp(dest, src, size))
-#define mVUemitSearch()
-#endif
 //------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // Misc Macros...
diff --git a/pcsx2/x86/microVU_Misc.inl b/pcsx2/x86/microVU_Misc.inl
index 52eab5cf3c..397821022d 100644
--- a/pcsx2/x86/microVU_Misc.inl
+++ b/pcsx2/x86/microVU_Misc.inl
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ void SSE_DIVSS(mV, const xmm& to, const xmm& from, const xmm& t1 = xEmptyReg, co
 // Micro VU - Custom Quick Search
 //------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-static __pagealigned u8 mVUsearchXMM[__pagesize];
+__pagealigned u8 mVUsearchXMM[__pagesize];
 
 // Generates a custom optimized block-search function
 // Note: Structs must be 16-byte aligned! (GCC doesn't guarantee this)