diff --git a/include/spral_compat.hxx b/include/spral_compat.hxx
index 2af97c1575..a063853f37 100644
--- a/include/spral_compat.hxx
+++ b/include/spral_compat.hxx
@@ -13,14 +13,6 @@
 
 #include "spral_config.h"
 
-// #ifndef HAVE_STD_ALIGN
-// // Older versions of g++ (and intel that relies on equivalent -lstdc++) don't
-// // define std::align, so we do it ourselves.
-// namespace std {
-// void* align(std::size_t alignment, std::size_t size, void*& ptr, std::size_t& space) noexcept;
-// } /* namespace std */
-// #endif /* HAVE_STD_ALIGN */
-
 #ifndef _OPENMP
 inline int omp_get_thread_num(void) { return 0; }
 inline int omp_get_num_threads(void) { return 1; }
diff --git a/include/spral_config.h b/include/spral_config.h
index c02850d406..16fb9df934 100644
--- a/include/spral_config.h
+++ b/include/spral_config.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 #define PACKAGE_NAME "spral"
 
 /* Define to the full name and version of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_STRING "spral 2016.06.24"
+#define PACKAGE_STRING "spral 2023.11.15"
 
 /* Define to the one symbol short name of this package. */
 #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "spral"
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 #define PACKAGE_URL ""
 
 /* Define to the version of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "2016.06.24"
+#define PACKAGE_VERSION "2023.11.15"
 
 /* Define to 1 to enable profiling */
 /* #undef PROFILE */
@@ -99,4 +99,4 @@
 #define STDC_HEADERS 1
 
 /* Version number of package */
-#define VERSION "2016.06.24"
+#define VERSION "2023.11.15"
diff --git a/src/spral/compat.cxx b/src/spral/compat.cxx
index 93d63c0391..29690576cb 100644
--- a/src/spral/compat.cxx
+++ b/src/spral/compat.cxx
@@ -21,23 +21,3 @@
 #else
 #undef HAVE_SCHED_GETCPU
 #endif
-
-// #ifndef HAVE_STD_ALIGN
-// Older versions of g++ (and intel that relies on equivalent -lstdc++) don't
-// define std::align, so we do it ourselves.
-// If there is insufficient space, return nullptr
-// namespace std {
-// void* align(std::size_t alignment, std::size_t size, void*& ptr, std::size_t& space) noexcept {
-//    auto cptr = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(ptr);
-//    auto pad = cptr % alignment;
-//    if(pad == 0) return (size>space) ? nullptr : ptr;
-//    pad = alignment - pad;
-//    if(size+pad > space) return nullptr;
-//    cptr += pad;
-//    space -= pad;
-//    ptr = reinterpret_cast<void*>(cptr);
-//    return ptr;
-// }
-// } /* namespace std */
-// #endif
-