diff --git a/pystencils/include/aesni_rand.h b/pystencils/include/aesni_rand.h
index 00e1dffee99c5f8db009e4c05453702c5cc6d70e..6871aa461f9fc433d494bc2bab334c9b4f38fc48 100644
--- a/pystencils/include/aesni_rand.h
+++ b/pystencils/include/aesni_rand.h
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ QUALIFIERS const std::array<__m256i,11> & aesni_roundkeys(const __m256i & k256)
 }
 
 QUALIFIERS __m256i aesni1xm128i(const __m256i & in, const __m256i & k0) {
-#if defined(__VAES__) && defined(__AVX512VL__)
+#if defined(__VAES__)
     auto k = aesni_roundkeys(k0);
     __m256i x = _mm256_xor_si256(k[0], in);
     x = _mm256_aesenc_epi128(x, k[1]);