diff --git a/src/l1/anne/geom.h b/src/l1/anne/geom.h
index 4eb4971..b2aaae7 100644
--- a/src/l1/anne/geom.h
+++ b/src/l1/anne/geom.h
@@ -152,21 +152,13 @@ NODISCARD VecU8 codegen_name_xmatnm(SpanU8 xmat, int cols, int rows) {
     return VecU8_fmt("%s%cx%c", xmat, '0' + cols, '0' + rows);
 }
 
-void codegen_append_xmatnm_struct_and_methods(VecU8* res,
-    SpanU8 xmat, SpanU8 xvec, SpanU8 memb, int cols, int rows, int sizeof_member
-    ) {
+void codegen_append_xmatnm_struct_and_methods(VecU8* res, SpanU8 xmat, SpanU8 xvec, SpanU8 memb, int cols, int rows) {
     VecU8 xmatnm = codegen_name_xmatnm(xmat, cols, rows);
     VecU8 xvecm = codegen_name_xvecn(xvec, rows);
 
-    /* Structure xmatnm. todo: NO, std140 is NOT OUR EVERYTHING. TODO: get rid of padding
-     * With columns padded to 16 bytes (for std140, std140 is our everything) */
-    int sv = (rows * sizeof_member) % 16;
     VecU8_append_cstr(res, "typedef struct {\n");
     for (int x = 0; x < cols; x++) {
         VecU8_append_fmt(res, SPACE "%r %s;\n", xvecm, vec_field_name(x));
-        if (sv) {
-            VecU8_append_fmt(res, SPACE "char _padding_%u[%u];\n", (U64)x, (U64)(16 - sv));
-        }
     }
     VecU8_append_fmt(res, "} %r;\n\n", xmatnm);
     /* xmatnm_new method */
@@ -503,12 +495,10 @@ void codegen_append_xvec234_structs_and_cool_methods(VecU8* res, SpanU8 xvec, Sp
     codegen_append_xvec3_method_cross(res, xvec);
 }
 
-void codegen_append_xmat234x234_structs_and_base_methods(VecU8* res,
-    SpanU8 xmat, SpanU8 xvec, SpanU8 memb, int sizeof_member
-    ){
+void codegen_append_xmat234x234_structs_and_base_methods(VecU8* res,SpanU8 xmat, SpanU8 xvec, SpanU8 memb){
     for (int cols = 2; cols <= 4; cols++) {
         for (int rows = 2; rows <= 4; rows++) {
-            codegen_append_xmatnm_struct_and_methods(res, xmat, xvec, memb, cols, rows, sizeof_member);
+            codegen_append_xmatnm_struct_and_methods(res, xmat, xvec, memb, cols, rows);
         }
     }
     for (int cols = 2; cols <= 4; cols++) {
@@ -529,10 +519,8 @@ void codegen_append_xmat234x234_structs_and_base_methods(VecU8* res,
     codegen_append_xmat234_det_method(res, xmat, xvec, memb);
 }
 
-void codegen_append_xmat234x234_structs_and_cool_methods(VecU8* res,
-    SpanU8 xmat, SpanU8 xvec, SpanU8 memb, int sizeof_member
-    ){
-    codegen_append_xmat234x234_structs_and_base_methods(res, xmat, xvec, memb, sizeof_member);
+void codegen_append_xmat234x234_structs_and_cool_methods(VecU8* res, SpanU8 xmat, SpanU8 xvec, SpanU8 memb){
+    codegen_append_xmat234x234_structs_and_base_methods(res, xmat, xvec, memb);
     codegen_append_xmat_inverse_methods(res, xmat, xvec, memb);
 }
 
@@ -552,9 +540,8 @@ void generate_geom_header() {
     codegen_append_xvec234_structs_and_cool_methods(&res.result, cstr("vec"), cstr("float"), cstr("sqrtf"));
     codegen_append_xvec234_structs_and_cool_methods(&res.result, cstr("dvec"), cstr("double"), cstr("sqrt"));
 
-    // todo: remove padding from matrix structure. VERY IMPORTANT!!! Add padding on the fly when transferring to vulkan
-    codegen_append_xmat234x234_structs_and_cool_methods(&res.result, cstr("mat"), cstr("vec"), cstr("float"), sizeof(float));
-    codegen_append_xmat234x234_structs_and_base_methods(&res.result, cstr("s64mat"), cstr("s64vec"), cstr("S64"), sizeof(S64));
+    codegen_append_xmat234x234_structs_and_cool_methods(&res.result, cstr("mat"), cstr("vec"), cstr("float"));
+    codegen_append_xmat234x234_structs_and_base_methods(&res.result, cstr("s64mat"), cstr("s64vec"), cstr("S64"));
 
     finish_header(res);
 }