diff --git a/src/core/endian_func.hpp b/src/core/endian_func.hpp
--- a/src/core/endian_func.hpp
+++ b/src/core/endian_func.hpp
@@ -38,18 +38,4 @@
 #	define TO_LE32X(x)  (x)
 #endif /* TTD_ENDIAN == TTD_BIG_ENDIAN */
 
-inline uint16_t ReadLE16Aligned(const void *x)
-{
-	return FROM_LE16(*(const uint16_t*)x);
-}
-
-inline uint16_t ReadLE16Unaligned(const void *x)
-{
-#if OTTD_ALIGNMENT == 1
-	return ((const byte*)x)[0] | ((const byte*)x)[1] << 8;
-#else
-	return FROM_LE16(*(const uint16_t*)x);
-#endif /* OTTD_ALIGNMENT == 1 */
-}
-
 #endif /* ENDIAN_FUNC_HPP */
diff --git a/src/core/endian_type.hpp b/src/core/endian_type.hpp
--- a/src/core/endian_type.hpp
+++ b/src/core/endian_type.hpp
@@ -10,14 +10,6 @@
 #ifndef ENDIAN_TYPE_HPP
 #define ENDIAN_TYPE_HPP
 
-#if defined(ARM) || defined(__arm__) || defined(__alpha__)
-	/** The architecture requires aligned access. */
-#	define OTTD_ALIGNMENT 1
-#else
-	/** The architecture does not require aligned access. */
-#	define OTTD_ALIGNMENT 0
-#endif
-
 /** Little endian builds use this for TTD_ENDIAN. */
 #define TTD_LITTLE_ENDIAN 0
 /** Big endian builds use this for TTD_ENDIAN. */