diff --git a/src/arch/x86/AVX2.cpp b/src/arch/x86/AVX2.cpp
index 95ce663..7c834da 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/AVX2.cpp
+++ b/src/arch/x86/AVX2.cpp
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@ namespace hat::detail {
             load_signature_256(signature, signatureBytes, signatureMask);
         }
 
-        begin = next_boundary_align<alignment>(begin);
-        if (begin >= end) LIBHAT_UNLIKELY {
-            return {};
-        }
-
         auto [pre, vec, post] = segment_scan<__m256i, veccmp>(begin, end, signature.size(), cmpIndex);
 
         if (!pre.empty()) {
diff --git a/src/arch/x86/AVX512.cpp b/src/arch/x86/AVX512.cpp
index 202fc67..5581784 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/AVX512.cpp
+++ b/src/arch/x86/AVX512.cpp
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ namespace hat::detail {
             load_signature_512(signature, signatureBytes, signatureMask);
         }
 
-        begin = next_boundary_align<alignment>(begin);
-        if (begin >= end) LIBHAT_UNLIKELY {
-            return {};
-        }
-
         auto [pre, vec, post] = segment_scan<__m512i, veccmp>(begin, end, signature.size(), cmpIndex);
 
         if (!pre.empty()) {
diff --git a/src/arch/x86/SSE.cpp b/src/arch/x86/SSE.cpp
index 49b7ed7..865a810 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/SSE.cpp
+++ b/src/arch/x86/SSE.cpp
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@ namespace hat::detail {
             load_signature_128(signature, signatureBytes, signatureMask);
         }
 
-        begin = next_boundary_align<alignment>(begin);
-        if (begin >= end) LIBHAT_UNLIKELY {
-            return {};
-        }
-
         auto [pre, vec, post] = segment_scan<__m128i, veccmp>(begin, end, signature.size(), cmpIndex);
 
         if (!pre.empty()) {