diff --git a/mp3lib/dct64_sse.c b/mp3lib/dct64_sse.c
index 65a6e5469b..609d2e6664 100644
--- a/mp3lib/dct64_sse.c
+++ b/mp3lib/dct64_sse.c
@@ -298,13 +298,6 @@ void dct64_sse(real *a,real *b,real *c)
        To do saturation efficiently in x86 we can use fist(t)(p),
        pf2iw, or packssdw. We use fist(p) here.
     */
-
-#ifdef SYS_DARWIN
-#define FFREEP "fstp %%st(0)\n\t"
-#else
-#define FFREEP "ffreep %%st(0)\n\t"
-#endif /* SYS_DARWIN */
-
     asm(
         "flds       %0\n\t"
         "flds     (%2)\n\t"
@@ -433,7 +426,7 @@ void dct64_sse(real *a,real *b,real *c)
         "fist  480(%4)\n\t"
         "fadds  92(%1)\n\t"
         "fistp 416(%4)\n\t"
-        FFREEP
+        ".byte 0xdf, 0xc0\n\t" // ffreep %%st(0)
         :
         :"m"(costab_mmx[30]), "r"(b1), "r"(b2), "r"(a), "r"(b)
         :"memory"