diff --git a/source/build/include/compat.h b/source/build/include/compat.h
index 6ecf58579..dea2a1943 100644
--- a/source/build/include/compat.h
+++ b/source/build/include/compat.h
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ static FORCE_INLINE void *Baligned_alloc(const size_t alignment, const size_t si
 #if defined _WIN32 && !defined NO_ALIGNED_MALLOC
 # define Baligned_free _aligned_free
 #else
-# define Baligned_free Xfree
+# define Baligned_free xfree()
 #endif
 
 
@@ -1305,6 +1305,9 @@ static FORCE_INLINE void *xrealloc(void * const ptr, const bsize_t size)
     return (EDUKE32_PREDICT_TRUE(newptr != NULL || size == 0)) ? newptr: handle_memerr(ptr);
 }
 
+// This will throw up when BFee is no longer usable, I do not want to change all code right now that uses it to make future merges easier.
+static_assert(Bfree == free, "BFree must be free");
+
 static FORCE_INLINE void xfree(void *const ptr) { Bfree(ptr); }
 
 static FORCE_INLINE void xaligned_free(void *const ptr) { Baligned_free(ptr); }