diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 61c4097..6aa1760 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CFLAGS=		-g -Wall -O2 -Wc++-compat #-Wextra
+CFLAGS=		-g -Wall -O2 -Wc++-compat  #-Wextra
 CPPFLAGS=	-DHAVE_KALLOC
 INCLUDES=   -Ilib/simde/simde
 OBJS=		kthread.o kalloc.o misc.o bseq.o sketch.o sdust.o options.o index.o chain.o align.o hit.o map.o format.o pe.o esterr.o splitidx.o 
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ PROG_EXTRA=	sdust minimap2-lite
 LIBS=		-lm -lz -lpthread
 
 ifeq ($(no_simd),) # if no_simd is not defined
-	OBJS+=ksw2_ll_sse.o
 ifeq ($(arm_neon),) # if arm_neon is not defined
+	OBJS+=ksw2_ll_sse.o
 ifeq ($(sse2only),) # if sse2only is not defined
 	OBJS+=ksw2_extz2_sse41.o ksw2_extd2_sse41.o ksw2_exts2_sse41.o ksw2_extz2_sse2.o ksw2_extd2_sse2.o ksw2_exts2_sse2.o ksw2_dispatch.o
 else                # if sse2only is defined
 	OBJS+=ksw2_extz2_sse.o ksw2_extd2_sse.o ksw2_exts2_sse.o
 endif
 else				# if arm_neon is defined
-	OBJS+=ksw2_extz2_neon.o ksw2_extd2_neon.o ksw2_exts2_neon.o
+	OBJS+=ksw2_ll_sse.o ksw2_extz2_neon.o ksw2_extd2_neon.o ksw2_exts2_neon.o
 ifeq ($(aarch64),)	#if aarch64 is not defined
 	CFLAGS+=-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -mfpu=neon -fsigned-char
 else				#if aarch64 is defined
@@ -60,10 +60,8 @@ sdust:sdust.c kalloc.o kalloc.h kdq.h kvec.h kseq.h ketopt.h sdust.h
 
 # SSE-specific targets on x86/x86_64
 
-ifeq ($(arm_neon),)   # if arm_neon is defined, compile this target with the default setting (i.e. no -msse2)
 ksw2_ll_sse.o:ksw2_ll_sse.c ksw2.h kalloc.h
 		$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -msse2 $(CPPFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) $< -o $@
-endif
 
 ksw2_extz2_sse41.o:ksw2_extz2_sse.c ksw2.h kalloc.h
 		$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -msse4.1 $(CPPFLAGS) -DKSW_CPU_DISPATCH $(INCLUDES) $< -o $@
@@ -87,6 +85,9 @@ ksw2_dispatch.o:ksw2_dispatch.c ksw2.h
 		$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -msse4.1 $(CPPFLAGS) -DKSW_CPU_DISPATCH $(INCLUDES) $< -o $@
 
 # NEON-specific targets on ARM
+ksw2_ll_neon.o:ksw2_ll_sse.c ksw2.h kalloc.h
+		$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -DSIMDE_ENABLE_NATIVE_ALIASES $(CPPFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) $< -o $@
+
 ksw2_extz2_neon.o:ksw2_extz2_sse.c ksw2.h kalloc.h
 		$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -DKSW_SSE2_ONLY -D__SSE2__ -DSIMDE_ENABLE_NATIVE_ALIASES $(INCLUDES) $< -o $@