diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Utils/Threads.cpp b/External/FEXCore/Source/Utils/Threads.cpp
index 17eb47563..54f4ef44c 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Utils/Threads.cpp
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/Utils/Threads.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace FEXCore::Threads {
     std::lock_guard lk{DeadStackPoolMutex};
     if (DeadStackPool.size() == 0) {
       // Nothing in the pool, just allocate
-      return FEXCore::Allocator::mmap(nullptr, Size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_GROWSDOWN, -1, 0);
+      return FEXCore::Allocator::mmap(nullptr, Size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
     }
 
     // Keep the first item in the stack pool
diff --git a/Source/Tests/ELFCodeLoader2.h b/Source/Tests/ELFCodeLoader2.h
index 2ca8bef2c..ffd8953b6 100644
--- a/Source/Tests/ELFCodeLoader2.h
+++ b/Source/Tests/ELFCodeLoader2.h
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ class ELFCodeLoader2 final : public FEXCore::CodeLoader {
 
     // map stack here, so that nothing gets mapped there
     // This works with both 64-bit and 32-bit. The mapper will only give us a function in the correct region
-    StackPointer = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(Mapper(nullptr, StackSize(), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_STACK | MAP_GROWSDOWN, -1, 0));
+    StackPointer = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(Mapper(nullptr, StackSize(), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_STACK, -1, 0));
 
     if (StackPointer == ~0ULL) {
       LogMan::Msg::EFmt("Allocating stack failed");