diff --git a/src/core/mem/utils/mem_utils.c b/src/core/mem/utils/mem_utils.c
index 9f0fe07..40ebac3 100644
--- a/src/core/mem/utils/mem_utils.c
+++ b/src/core/mem/utils/mem_utils.c
@@ -7,11 +7,8 @@
 internal bool is_power_of_two(u64 num) { return (num & (num - 1)) == 0; }
 
 void *wapp_mem_util_align_forward(void *ptr, u64 alignment) {
-  if (!ptr) {
-    return NULL;
-  }
-
-  assert(is_power_of_two(alignment));
+  assert(ptr != NULL && "ptr argument shouldn't be NULL");
+  assert(is_power_of_two(alignment) && "Alignment isn't a power of 2");
 
   uptr p = (uptr)ptr;
   uptr align = (uptr)alignment;
diff --git a/src/core/os/mem/mem_os.h b/src/core/os/mem/mem_os.h
index 522e53b..fa0dae7 100644
--- a/src/core/os/mem/mem_os.h
+++ b/src/core/os/mem/mem_os.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #error "Unrecognised platform"
 #endif
 
-void *wapp_mem_util_align_forward(void *ptr, u64 alignment);
 void *wapp_mem_util_alloc(void *addr, u64 size, MemAccess access, MemAllocFlags flags, MemInitType type);
 void wapp_mem_util_free(void *ptr, u64 size);