diff --git a/src/archutils/Win32/Crash.cpp b/src/archutils/Win32/Crash.cpp
index 025bbdf8f5..262bee460e 100644
--- a/src/archutils/Win32/Crash.cpp
+++ b/src/archutils/Win32/Crash.cpp
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ long __stdcall CrashHandler::ExceptionHandler( EXCEPTION_POINTERS *pExc )
 	int iSize = 1024*32;
 	char *pStack = (char *) VirtualAlloc( NULL, iSize, MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_READWRITE );
 	pStack += iSize;
-	SM_ASM_X86(mov esp, pStack);
+	_asm mov esp, pStack;
 
 	return MainExceptionHandler( pExc );
 }
@@ -532,10 +532,10 @@ void CrashHandler::do_backtrace( const void **buf, size_t size,
 static void NORETURN debug_crash()
 {
 	__try {
-		SM_ASM_X86(xor ebx,ebx);
-		SM_ASM_X86(mov eax,dword ptr [ebx]);
-//		SM_ASM_X86(mov dword ptr [ebx],eax);
-//		SM_ASM_X86(lock add dword ptr cs:[00000000h], 12345678h);
+		__asm xor ebx,ebx
+		__asm mov eax,dword ptr [ebx]
+//		__asm mov dword ptr [ebx],eax
+//		__asm lock add dword ptr cs:[00000000h], 12345678h
 	} __except( CrashHandler::ExceptionHandler((EXCEPTION_POINTERS*)_exception_info()) ) {
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/archutils/Win32/arch_setup.h b/src/archutils/Win32/arch_setup.h
index 2e3c9c5d89..2cd76ec49a 100644
--- a/src/archutils/Win32/arch_setup.h
+++ b/src/archutils/Win32/arch_setup.h
@@ -141,12 +141,15 @@ static inline int64_t llabs( int64_t i ) { return i >= 0? i: -i; }
 
 // MinGW provides us with this function already
 #if !defined(__MINGW32__)
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
+#error "MSVC asm syntax ahead"
+#endif
 inline long int lrintf( float f )
 {
 	int retval;
 
-	SM_ASM_X86(fld f);
-	SM_ASM_X86(fistp retval);
+	_asm fld f;
+	_asm fistp retval;
 
 	return retval;
 }
@@ -175,19 +178,21 @@ inline long int lrintf( float f )
 
 inline uint32_t ArchSwap32( uint32_t n )
 {
-	SM_ASM_X86(
+	__asm
+	{
 		mov eax, n
 		xchg al, ah
 		ror eax, 16
 		xchg al, ah
 		mov n, eax
-	);
+	};
 	return n;
 }
 
 inline uint32_t ArchSwap24( uint32_t n )
 {
-	SM_ASM_X86(
+	__asm
+	{
 		mov eax, n
 		xchg al, ah
 		ror eax, 16
@@ -200,11 +205,12 @@ inline uint32_t ArchSwap24( uint32_t n )
 
 inline uint16_t ArchSwap16( uint16_t n )
 {
-	SM_ASM_X86(
+	__asm
+	{
 		mov ax, n
 		xchg al, ah
 		mov n, ax
-	);
+	};
 	return n;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/global.cpp b/src/global.cpp
index 60103b683a..be38a84929 100644
--- a/src/global.cpp
+++ b/src/global.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ void NORETURN sm_crash( const char *reason )
 #if defined(_WINDOWS)
 	/* Do something after the above, so the call/return isn't optimized to a jmp; that
 	 * way, this function will appear in backtrace stack traces. */
-SM_ASM_X86(nop)
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+	_asm nop;
+#elif defined(__GNUC__) // MinGW or similar
+	asm("nop");
+#endif
 #else
 	_exit( 1 );
 #endif
diff --git a/src/global.h b/src/global.h
index f2c2766d1a..25b7d3f40c 100644
--- a/src/global.h
+++ b/src/global.h
@@ -240,20 +240,9 @@ float roundf( float f ) { if( f < 0.0f ) return truncf( f-0.5f ); return truncf(
 inline float strtof( const char *s, char **se ) { return (float) strtod( s, se ); }
 #endif
 
-// Compiler-agnostic macro for inline x86 assembly
-#if defined(CPU_X86) || defined(CPU_X86_64)
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-// TESTME: is a single instruction legal for this syntax?
-#define SM_ASM_X86(x) __asm { x }
-#elif defined(__GNUC__)
-#define SM_ASM_X86(x) __asm__("x")
-#else
-#error Inline assembly not implemented for your compiler.
-#endif
-
 /* Don't include our own headers here, since they tend to change often. */
 
-#endif // GLOBAL_H
+#endif
 
 /**
  * @file