diff --git a/spa/include/spa/pod/iter.h b/spa/include/spa/pod/iter.h
index 826ac0d86..0a93b026d 100644
--- a/spa/include/spa/pod/iter.h
+++ b/spa/include/spa/pod/iter.h
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ struct spa_pod_frame {
 };
 
 #define SPA_POD_IS_VALID(pod)				\
-	(SPA_POD_BODY_SIZE(pod) < SPA_POD_MAX_SIZE &&	\
-	 SPA_IS_ALIGNED(pod, SPA_POD_ALIGN))
+	(SPA_POD_BODY_SIZE(pod) < SPA_POD_MAX_SIZE)
 
 #define SPA_POD_CHECK_TYPE(pod,_type)			\
 	(SPA_POD_IS_VALID(pod) &&			\
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ SPA_API_POD_ITER bool spa_pod_is_inside(const void *pod, uint32_t size, const vo
 	size_t remaining;
 
 	return spa_ptr_type_inside(pod, size, iter, struct spa_pod, &remaining) &&
-		SPA_IS_ALIGNED(iter, SPA_POD_ALIGN) && remaining >= SPA_POD_BODY_SIZE(iter);
+		remaining >= SPA_POD_BODY_SIZE(iter);
 }
 
 SPA_API_POD_ITER void *spa_pod_next(const void *iter)
diff --git a/spa/include/spa/pod/parser.h b/spa/include/spa/pod/parser.h
index 9c128f26a..233304053 100644
--- a/spa/include/spa/pod/parser.h
+++ b/spa/include/spa/pod/parser.h
@@ -76,11 +76,9 @@ spa_pod_parser_deref(struct spa_pod_parser *parser, uint32_t offset, uint32_t si
 		/* Use void* because creating a misaligned pointer is undefined. */
 		void *pod = SPA_PTROFF(parser->data, offset, void);
 		/*
-		 * Check that the pointer is aligned and that the size (rounded
-		 * to the next multiple of 8) is in bounds.
+		 * Check that the size (rounded to the next multiple of 8) is in bounds.
 		 */
-		if (SPA_IS_ALIGNED(pod, SPA_POD_ALIGN) &&
-		    long_offset + SPA_ROUND_UP_N((uint64_t)SPA_POD_BODY_SIZE(pod), SPA_POD_ALIGN) <= size)
+		if (long_offset + SPA_ROUND_UP_N((uint64_t)SPA_POD_BODY_SIZE(pod), SPA_POD_ALIGN) <= size)
 			return (struct spa_pod *)pod;
 	}
 	return NULL;