2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/stdalign.in.h b/lib/stdalign.in.h
index dcaab55b577..413936df78c 100644
--- a/lib/stdalign.in.h
+++ b/lib/stdalign.in.h
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@
 #if !defined __STDC_VERSION__ || __STDC_VERSION__ < 201112
 # if defined __cplusplus && 201103 <= __cplusplus
 #  define _Alignas(a) alignas (a)
-# elif (__GNUC__ || __HP_cc || __HP_aCC || __IBMC__ || __IBMCPP__ \
+# elif ((defined __APPLE__ && defined __MACH__                  \
+         ? 4 < __GNUC__ + (1 <= __GNUC_MINOR__)                 \
+         : __GNUC__)                                            \
+        || __HP_cc || __HP_aCC || __IBMC__ || __IBMCPP__        \
         || __ICC || 0x5110 <= __SUNPRO_C)
 #  define _Alignas(a) __attribute__ ((__aligned__ (a)))
 # elif 1300 <= _MSC_VER
diff --git a/lib/utimens.c b/lib/utimens.c
index dd3ec668f37..04441037631 100644
--- a/lib/utimens.c
+++ b/lib/utimens.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #define _GL_UTIMENS_INLINE _GL_EXTERN_INLINE
 #include "utimens.h"
 
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ validate_timespec (struct timespec timespec[2])
 {
   int result = 0;
   int utime_omit_count = 0;
-  assert (timespec);
   if ((timespec[0].tv_nsec != UTIME_NOW
        && timespec[0].tv_nsec != UTIME_OMIT
        && ! (0 <= timespec[0].tv_nsec