diff --git a/src/pystencils/backend/ast/vector.py b/src/pystencils/backend/ast/vector.py
index 84875c60455b640f0bdec464169cee15e6ee7507..705d250949f3662695d506feeff30c20649eb1c5 100644
--- a/src/pystencils/backend/ast/vector.py
+++ b/src/pystencils/backend/ast/vector.py
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ class PsVecMemAcc(PsExpression, PsLvalue, PsVectorOp):
         return (
             super().structurally_equal(other)
             and self._vector_entries == other._vector_entries
-            and self._stride == other._stride
             and self._aligned == other._aligned
         )
     
diff --git a/src/pystencils/backend/platforms/x86.py b/src/pystencils/backend/platforms/x86.py
index 166b15f4d4646f275e28db952afa2c3701c1f650..aaa8b351b973294401a7892bb9a00e7f7cc672ba 100644
--- a/src/pystencils/backend/platforms/x86.py
+++ b/src/pystencils/backend/platforms/x86.py
@@ -140,10 +140,11 @@ class X86VectorCpu(GenericVectorCpu):
         prefix = self._vector_arch.intrin_prefix(vtype)
         suffix = self._vector_arch.intrin_suffix(vtype)
 
-        x_suffix = "x" if stype == SInt(64) and vtype.vector_entries <= 4 else ""
+        if stype == SInt(64) and vtype.vector_entries <= 4:
+            suffix += "x"
 
         set_func = CFunction(
-            f"{prefix}_set_{suffix}{x_suffix}", (stype,) * vtype.vector_entries, vtype
+            f"{prefix}_set_{suffix}", (stype,) * vtype.vector_entries, vtype
         )
 
         values = [PsConstantExpr(PsConstant(v, stype)) for v in c.value]