diff --git a/include/rigtorp/SPSCQueue.h b/include/rigtorp/SPSCQueue.h
index 3fb55fb..0693ace 100644
--- a/include/rigtorp/SPSCQueue.h
+++ b/include/rigtorp/SPSCQueue.h
@@ -233,9 +233,5 @@ template <typename T, typename Allocator = std::allocator<T>> class SPSCQueue {
   alignas(kCacheLineSize) size_t readIdxCache_ = 0;
   alignas(kCacheLineSize) std::atomic<size_t> readIdx_ = {0};
   alignas(kCacheLineSize) size_t writeIdxCache_ = 0;
-
-  // Padding to avoid adjacent allocations to share cache line with
-  // writeIdxCache_
-  char padding_[kCacheLineSize - sizeof(writeIdxCache_)];
 };
 } // namespace rigtorp