diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/task/core.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/task/core.rs
index 779cfa90a..640ed42bb 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/task/core.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/task/core.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ use std::task::{Context, Poll, Waker};
 /// Any changes to the layout of this struct _must_ also be reflected in the
 /// const fns in raw.rs.
 #[repr(C)]
-#[repr(align(128))]
 pub(super) struct Cell<T: Future, S> {
     /// Hot task state data
     pub(super) header: Header,