diff --git a/include/llvm/Support/AlignOf.h b/include/llvm/Support/AlignOf.h
index 8c389af..22c07d0 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Support/AlignOf.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Support/AlignOf.h
@@ -68,10 +68,7 @@
 /// integer literal can be used to specify an alignment constraint. Once built
 /// up here, we can then begin to indirect between these using normal C++
 /// template parameters.
-template <size_t Alignment> struct AlignedCharArrayImpl {};
-template <> struct AlignedCharArrayImpl<0> {
-  typedef char type;
-};
+template <size_t Alignment> struct AlignedCharArrayImpl;
 
 // MSVC requires special handling here.
 #ifndef _MSC_VER
@@ -79,12 +76,12 @@
 #if __has_feature(cxx_alignas)
 #define LLVM_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(x) \
   template <> struct AlignedCharArrayImpl<x> { \
-    typedef char alignas(x) type; \
+    char alignas(x) aligned; \
   }
-#elif defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__)
+#elif defined(__GNUC__)
 #define LLVM_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(x) \
   template <> struct AlignedCharArrayImpl<x> { \
-    typedef char type __attribute__((aligned(x))); \
+    char aligned __attribute__((aligned(x))); \
   }
 #else
 # error No supported align as directive.
@@ -112,14 +109,14 @@
 // alignments because __declspec(align(...)) doesn't actually work when it is
 // a member of a by-value function argument in MSVC, even if the alignment
 // request is something reasonably like 8-byte or 16-byte.
-template <> struct AlignedCharArrayImpl<1> { typedef char type; };
-template <> struct AlignedCharArrayImpl<2> { typedef short type; };
-template <> struct AlignedCharArrayImpl<4> { typedef int type; };
-template <> struct AlignedCharArrayImpl<8> { typedef double type; };
+template <> struct AlignedCharArrayImpl<1> { char aligned; };
+template <> struct AlignedCharArrayImpl<2> { short aligned; };
+template <> struct AlignedCharArrayImpl<4> { int aligned; };
+template <> struct AlignedCharArrayImpl<8> { double aligned; };
 
 #define LLVM_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(x) \
   template <> struct AlignedCharArrayImpl<x> { \
-    typedef __declspec(align(x)) char type; \
+    __declspec(align(x)) char aligned; \
   }
 LLVM_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(16);
 LLVM_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(32);
@@ -162,17 +159,11 @@
   /// constrain the layout of this character array.
   char buffer[sizeof(SizerImpl)];
 
-  // Sadly, Clang and GCC both fail to align a character array properly even
-  // with an explicit alignment attribute. To work around this, we union
-  // the character array that will actually be used with a struct that contains
-  // a single aligned character member. Tests seem to indicate that both Clang
-  // and GCC will properly register the alignment of a struct containing an
-  // aligned member, and this alignment should carry over to the character
-  // array in the union.
-  struct {
-    typename llvm::AlignedCharArrayImpl<AlignOf<AlignerImpl>::Alignment>::type
-      nonce_inner_member;
-  } nonce_member;
+private:
+  // Tests seem to indicate that both Clang and GCC will properly register the
+  // alignment of a struct containing an aligned member, and this alignment
+  // should carry over to the character array in the union.
+  llvm::AlignedCharArrayImpl<AlignOf<AlignerImpl>::Alignment> nonce_member;
 };
 
 } // end namespace llvm
diff --git a/unittests/Support/AlignOfTest.cpp b/unittests/Support/AlignOfTest.cpp
index 6f57668..f2d1170 100644
--- a/unittests/Support/AlignOfTest.cpp
+++ b/unittests/Support/AlignOfTest.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//===- llvm/unittest/Support/AlignOfTest.cpp - Alignment utility tests ----===//
+//=== - llvm/unittest/Support/AlignOfTest.cpp - Alignment utility tests ----===//
 //
 //                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
 //
@@ -23,31 +23,25 @@
 #endif
 
 // Define some fixed alignment types to use in these tests.
-#if __cplusplus == 201103L || __has_feature(cxx_alignas)
-typedef char alignas(1) A1;
-typedef char alignas(2) A2;
-typedef char alignas(4) A4;
-typedef char alignas(8) A8;
-#elif defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__)
-typedef char A1 __attribute__((aligned(1)));
-typedef char A2 __attribute__((aligned(2)));
-typedef char A4 __attribute__((aligned(4)));
-typedef char A8 __attribute__((aligned(8)));
+#if __has_feature(cxx_alignas)
+struct alignas(1) A1 { };
+struct alignas(2) A2 { };
+struct alignas(4) A4 { };
+struct alignas(8) A8 { };
+#elif defined(__GNUC__)
+struct A1 { } __attribute__((aligned(1)));
+struct A2 { } __attribute__((aligned(2)));
+struct A4 { } __attribute__((aligned(4)));
+struct A8 { } __attribute__((aligned(8)));
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER)
-typedef __declspec(align(1)) char A1;
-typedef __declspec(align(2)) char A2;
-typedef __declspec(align(4)) char A4;
-typedef __declspec(align(8)) char A8;
+__declspec(align(1)) struct A1 { };
+__declspec(align(2)) struct A2 { };
+__declspec(align(4)) struct A4 { };
+__declspec(align(8)) struct A8 { };
 #else
 # error No supported align as directive.
 #endif
 
-// Wrap the forced aligned types in structs to hack around compiler bugs.
-struct SA1 { A1 a; };
-struct SA2 { A2 a; };
-struct SA4 { A4 a; };
-struct SA8 { A8 a; };
-
 struct S1 {};
 struct S2 { char a; };
 struct S3 { int x; };
@@ -90,11 +84,7 @@
   [AlignOf<A1>::Alignment > 0]
   [AlignOf<A2>::Alignment > 0]
   [AlignOf<A4>::Alignment > 0]
-  [AlignOf<A8>::Alignment > 0]
-  [AlignOf<SA1>::Alignment > 0]
-  [AlignOf<SA2>::Alignment > 0]
-  [AlignOf<SA4>::Alignment > 0]
-  [AlignOf<SA8>::Alignment > 0];
+  [AlignOf<A8>::Alignment > 0];
 char LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED test_arr3
   [AlignOf<S1>::Alignment > 0]
   [AlignOf<S2>::Alignment > 0]
@@ -123,20 +113,10 @@
   [AlignOf<V8>::Alignment > 0];
 
 TEST(AlignOfTest, BasicAlignmentInvariants) {
-  // For a very strange reason, many compilers do not support this. Both Clang
-  // and GCC fail to align these properly.
-  EXPECT_EQ(1u, alignOf<A1>());
-#if 0
-  EXPECT_EQ(2u, alignOf<A2>());
-  EXPECT_EQ(4u, alignOf<A4>());
-  EXPECT_EQ(8u, alignOf<A8>());
-#endif
-
-  // But once wrapped in structs, the alignment is correctly managed.
-  EXPECT_LE(1u, alignOf<SA1>());
-  EXPECT_LE(2u, alignOf<SA2>());
-  EXPECT_LE(4u, alignOf<SA4>());
-  EXPECT_LE(8u, alignOf<SA8>());
+  EXPECT_LE(1u, alignOf<A1>());
+  EXPECT_LE(2u, alignOf<A2>());
+  EXPECT_LE(4u, alignOf<A4>());
+  EXPECT_LE(8u, alignOf<A8>());
 
   EXPECT_EQ(1u, alignOf<char>());
   EXPECT_LE(alignOf<char>(),   alignOf<short>());
@@ -174,42 +154,38 @@
 }
 
 TEST(AlignOfTest, BasicAlignedArray) {
-  // Note: this code exclusively uses the struct-wrapped arbitrarily aligned
-  // types because of the bugs mentioned above where GCC and Clang both
-  // disregard the arbitrary alignment specifier until the type is used to
-  // declare a member of a struct.
-  EXPECT_LE(1u, alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1> >());
-  EXPECT_LE(2u, alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA2> >());
-  EXPECT_LE(4u, alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA4> >());
-  EXPECT_LE(8u, alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA8> >());
+  EXPECT_LE(1u, alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1> >());
+  EXPECT_LE(2u, alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<A2> >());
+  EXPECT_LE(4u, alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<A4> >());
+  EXPECT_LE(8u, alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<A8> >());
 
-  EXPECT_LE(1u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1>));
-  EXPECT_LE(2u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA2>));
-  EXPECT_LE(4u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA4>));
-  EXPECT_LE(8u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA8>));
+  EXPECT_LE(1u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1>));
+  EXPECT_LE(2u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<A2>));
+  EXPECT_LE(4u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<A4>));
+  EXPECT_LE(8u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<A8>));
 
-  EXPECT_EQ(1u, (alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1> >()));
-  EXPECT_EQ(2u, (alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1, SA2> >()));
-  EXPECT_EQ(4u, (alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1, SA2, SA4> >()));
-  EXPECT_EQ(8u, (alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1, SA2, SA4, SA8> >()));
+  EXPECT_EQ(1u, (alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1> >()));
+  EXPECT_EQ(2u, (alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1, A2> >()));
+  EXPECT_EQ(4u, (alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1, A2, A4> >()));
+  EXPECT_EQ(8u, (alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1, A2, A4, A8> >()));
 
-  EXPECT_EQ(1u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1>));
-  EXPECT_EQ(2u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1, SA2>));
-  EXPECT_EQ(4u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1, SA2, SA4>));
-  EXPECT_EQ(8u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1, SA2, SA4, SA8>));
+  EXPECT_EQ(1u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1>));
+  EXPECT_EQ(2u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1, A2>));
+  EXPECT_EQ(4u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1, A2, A4>));
+  EXPECT_EQ(8u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1, A2, A4, A8>));
 
-  EXPECT_EQ(1u, (alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1[1]> >()));
-  EXPECT_EQ(2u, (alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1[2], SA2[1]> >()));
-  EXPECT_EQ(4u, (alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1[42], SA2[55],
-                                               SA4[13]> >()));
-  EXPECT_EQ(8u, (alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1[2], SA2[1],
-                                               SA4, SA8> >()));
+  EXPECT_EQ(1u, (alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1[1]> >()));
+  EXPECT_EQ(2u, (alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1[2], A2[1]> >()));
+  EXPECT_EQ(4u, (alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1[42], A2[55],
+                                               A4[13]> >()));
+  EXPECT_EQ(8u, (alignOf<AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1[2], A2[1],
+                                               A4, A8> >()));
 
-  EXPECT_EQ(1u,  sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1[1]>));
-  EXPECT_EQ(2u,  sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1[2], SA2[1]>));
-  EXPECT_EQ(4u,  sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1[3], SA2[2], SA4>));
-  EXPECT_EQ(16u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<SA1, SA2[3],
-                                              SA4[3], SA8>));
+  EXPECT_EQ(1u,  sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1[1]>));
+  EXPECT_EQ(2u,  sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1[2], A2[1]>));
+  EXPECT_EQ(4u,  sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1[3], A2[2], A4>));
+  EXPECT_EQ(16u, sizeof(AlignedCharArrayUnion<A1, A2[3],
+                                              A4[3], A8>));
 
   // For other tests we simply assert that the alignment of the union mathes
   // that of the fundamental type and hope that we have any weird type