diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/stgdict.c b/Modules/_ctypes/stgdict.c
index 62dcece..a27d134 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/stgdict.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/stgdict.c
@@ -350,9 +350,7 @@
     int pack;
     Py_ssize_t ffi_ofs;
     int big_endian;
-#if defined(X86_64)
     int arrays_seen = 0;
-#endif
 
     /* HACK Alert: I cannot be bothered to fix ctypes.com, so there has to
        be a way to use the old, broken semantics: _fields_ are not extended
@@ -504,10 +502,8 @@
             Py_XDECREF(pair);
             return -1;
         }
-#if defined(X86_64)
         if (PyCArrayTypeObject_Check(desc))
             arrays_seen = 1;
-#endif
         dict = PyType_stgdict(desc);
         if (dict == NULL) {
             Py_DECREF(pair);
@@ -648,8 +644,6 @@
     stgdict->align = total_align;
     stgdict->length = len;      /* ADD ffi_ofs? */
 
-#if defined(X86_64)
-
 #define MAX_ELEMENTS 16
 
     if (arrays_seen && (size <= 16)) {
@@ -669,6 +663,10 @@
          * accurate set, to allow libffi to marshal them into registers
          * correctly. It means one more loop over the fields, but if we got
          * here, the structure is small, so there aren't too many of those.
+         *
+         * Although the passing in registers is specific to 64-bit Linux, the
+         * array-in-struct vs. pointer problem is general. But we restrict the
+         * type transformation to small structs nonetheless.
          */
         ffi_type *actual_types[MAX_ELEMENTS + 1];
         int actual_type_index = 0;
@@ -746,7 +744,6 @@
         memcpy(&stgdict->ffi_type_pointer.elements[ffi_ofs], actual_types,
                actual_type_index * sizeof(ffi_type *));
     }
-#endif
 
     /* We did check that this flag was NOT set above, it must not
        have been set until now. */