diff --git a/src/alloy/frontend/ppc/ppc_emit_altivec.cc b/src/alloy/frontend/ppc/ppc_emit_altivec.cc
index ed6a2cae5..707f18218 100644
--- a/src/alloy/frontend/ppc/ppc_emit_altivec.cc
+++ b/src/alloy/frontend/ppc/ppc_emit_altivec.cc
@@ -321,8 +321,7 @@ int InstrEmit_stvlx_(PPCHIRBuilder& f, InstrData& i, uint32_t vd, uint32_t ra, u
               f.Not(f.LoadZero(VEC128_TYPE)),
               f.LoadZero(VEC128_TYPE),
               INT8_TYPE)));
-  // ea &= ~0xF
-  ea = f.And(ea, f.LoadConstant(~0xFull));
+  // ea &= ~0xF (handled above)
   f.Store(ea, f.ByteSwap(v));
   return 0;
 }
@@ -363,8 +362,7 @@ int InstrEmit_stvrx_(PPCHIRBuilder& f, InstrData& i, uint32_t vd, uint32_t ra, u
               f.LoadZero(VEC128_TYPE),
               f.Not(f.LoadZero(VEC128_TYPE)),
               INT8_TYPE)));
-  // ea &= ~0xF
-  ea = f.And(ea, f.LoadConstant(~0xFull));
+  // ea &= ~0xF (handled above)
   f.Store(ea, f.ByteSwap(v));
   return 0;
 }