diff --git a/src/os.c b/src/os.c
index f6a3cc86..69eb49df 100644
--- a/src/os.c
+++ b/src/os.c
@@ -308,7 +308,57 @@ static int mi_madvise(void* addr, size_t length, int advice) {
 
 
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------
-  free memory
+  aligned hinting
+-------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+// On 64-bit systems, we can do efficient aligned allocation by using
+// the 2TiB to 30TiB area to allocate those.
+#if (MI_INTPTR_SIZE >= 8)
+static mi_decl_cache_align _Atomic(uintptr_t)aligned_base;
+
+// Return a MI_SEGMENT_SIZE aligned address that is probably available.
+// If this returns NULL, the OS will determine the address but on some OS's that may not be 
+// properly aligned which can be more costly as it needs to be adjusted afterwards.
+// For a size > 1GiB this always returns NULL in order to guarantee good ASLR randomization; 
+// (otherwise an initial large allocation of say 2TiB has a 50% chance to include (known) addresses 
+//  in the middle of the 2TiB - 6TiB address range (see issue #372))
+
+#define MI_HINT_BASE ((uintptr_t)2 << 40)  // 2TiB start
+#define MI_HINT_AREA ((uintptr_t)4 << 40)  // upto 6TiB   (since before win8 there is "only" 8TiB available to processes)
+#define MI_HINT_MAX  ((uintptr_t)30 << 40) // wrap after 30TiB (area after 32TiB is used for huge OS pages)
+
+static void* mi_os_get_aligned_hint(size_t try_alignment, size_t size)
+{
+  if (try_alignment <= 1 || try_alignment > MI_SEGMENT_SIZE) return NULL;
+  size = _mi_align_up(size, MI_SEGMENT_SIZE);
+  if (size > 1*MI_GiB) return NULL;  // guarantee the chance of fixed valid address is at most 1/(MI_HINT_AREA / 1<<30) = 1/4096.
+  #if (MI_SECURE>0)
+  size += MI_SEGMENT_SIZE;        // put in `MI_SEGMENT_SIZE` virtual gaps between hinted blocks; this splits VLA's but increases guarded areas.
+  #endif
+
+  uintptr_t hint = mi_atomic_add_acq_rel(&aligned_base, size);
+  if (hint == 0 || hint > MI_HINT_MAX) {   // wrap or initialize
+    uintptr_t init = MI_HINT_BASE;
+    #if (MI_SECURE>0 || MI_DEBUG==0)       // security: randomize start of aligned allocations unless in debug mode
+    uintptr_t r = _mi_heap_random_next(mi_get_default_heap());
+    init = init + ((MI_SEGMENT_SIZE * ((r>>17) & 0xFFFFF)) % MI_HINT_AREA);  // (randomly 20 bits)*4MiB == 0 to 4TiB
+    #endif
+    uintptr_t expected = hint + size;
+    mi_atomic_cas_strong_acq_rel(&aligned_base, &expected, init);
+    hint = mi_atomic_add_acq_rel(&aligned_base, size); // this may still give 0 or > MI_HINT_MAX but that is ok, it is a hint after all
+  }
+  if (hint%try_alignment != 0) return NULL;
+  return (void*)hint;
+}
+#else
+static void* mi_os_get_aligned_hint(size_t try_alignment, size_t size) {
+  MI_UNUSED(try_alignment); MI_UNUSED(size);
+  return NULL;
+}
+#endif
+
+/* -----------------------------------------------------------
+  Free memory
 -------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 static bool mi_os_mem_free(void* addr, size_t size, bool was_committed, mi_stats_t* stats)
@@ -347,9 +397,6 @@ static bool mi_os_mem_free(void* addr, size_t size, bool was_committed, mi_stats
   return !err;  
 }
 
-#if !(defined(__wasi__) || defined(MI_USE_SBRK) || defined(MAP_ALIGNED) || MI_INTPTR_SIZE < 8)
-static void* mi_os_get_aligned_hint(size_t try_alignment, size_t size);
-#endif
 
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------
   Raw allocation on Windows (VirtualAlloc) 
@@ -652,53 +699,6 @@ static void* mi_unix_mmap(void* addr, size_t size, size_t try_alignment, int pro
 }
 #endif
 
-// On 64-bit systems, we can do efficient aligned allocation by using
-// the 2TiB to 30TiB area to allocate them.
-#if (MI_INTPTR_SIZE >= 8) && (defined(_WIN32) || defined(MI_OS_USE_MMAP))
-static mi_decl_cache_align _Atomic(uintptr_t) aligned_base;
-
-// Return a 4MiB aligned address that is probably available.
-// If this returns NULL, the OS will determine the address but on some OS's that may not be 
-// properly aligned which can be more costly as it needs to be adjusted afterwards.
-// For a size > 1GiB this always returns NULL in order to guarantee good ASLR randomization; 
-// (otherwise an initial large allocation of say 2TiB has a 50% chance to include (known) addresses 
-//  in the middle of the 2TiB - 6TiB address range (see issue #372))
-
-#define MI_HINT_BASE ((uintptr_t)2 << 40)  // 2TiB start
-#define MI_HINT_AREA ((uintptr_t)4 << 40)  // upto 6TiB   (since before win8 there is "only" 8TiB available to processes)
-#define MI_HINT_MAX  ((uintptr_t)30 << 40) // wrap after 30TiB (area after 32TiB is used for huge OS pages)
-
-static void* mi_os_get_aligned_hint(size_t try_alignment, size_t size) 
-{
-  if (try_alignment <= 1 || try_alignment > MI_SEGMENT_SIZE) return NULL;
-  size = _mi_align_up(size, MI_SEGMENT_SIZE);
-  if (size > 1*MI_GiB) return NULL;  // guarantee the chance of fixed valid address is at most 1/(MI_HINT_AREA / 1<<30) = 1/4096.
-  #if (MI_SECURE>0)
-  size += MI_SEGMENT_SIZE;        // put in `MI_SEGMENT_SIZE` virtual gaps between hinted blocks; this splits VLA's but increases guarded areas.
-  #endif
-
-  uintptr_t hint = mi_atomic_add_acq_rel(&aligned_base, size);
-  if (hint == 0 || hint > MI_HINT_MAX) {   // wrap or initialize
-    uintptr_t init = MI_HINT_BASE;
-    #if (MI_SECURE>0 || MI_DEBUG==0)       // security: randomize start of aligned allocations unless in debug mode
-    uintptr_t r = _mi_heap_random_next(mi_get_default_heap());
-    init = init + ((MI_SEGMENT_SIZE * ((r>>17) & 0xFFFFF)) % MI_HINT_AREA);  // (randomly 20 bits)*4MiB == 0 to 4TiB
-    #endif
-    uintptr_t expected = hint + size;
-    mi_atomic_cas_strong_acq_rel(&aligned_base, &expected, init);
-    hint = mi_atomic_add_acq_rel(&aligned_base, size); // this may still give 0 or > MI_HINT_MAX but that is ok, it is a hint after all
-  }
-  if (hint%try_alignment != 0) return NULL;
-  return (void*)hint;
-}
-#elif defined(__wasi__) || defined(MI_USE_SBRK) || defined(MAP_ALIGNED) || (MI_INTPTR_SIZE < 8)
-// no need for mi_os_get_aligned_hint
-#else
-static void* mi_os_get_aligned_hint(size_t try_alignment, size_t size) {
-  MI_UNUSED(try_alignment); MI_UNUSED(size);
-  return NULL;
-}
-#endif
 
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------
    Primitive allocation from the OS.
@@ -799,6 +799,7 @@ static void* mi_os_mem_alloc_aligned(size_t size, size_t alignment, bool commit,
   return p;
 }
 
+
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------
   OS API: alloc, free, alloc_aligned
 ----------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -826,6 +827,7 @@ void  _mi_os_free(void* p, size_t size, mi_stats_t* stats) {
 
 void* _mi_os_alloc_aligned(size_t size, size_t alignment, bool commit, bool* large, mi_stats_t* tld_stats)
 {
+  MI_UNUSED(&mi_os_get_aligned_hint); // suppress unused warnings
   MI_UNUSED(tld_stats);
   if (size == 0) return NULL;
   size = _mi_os_good_alloc_size(size);