diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_clipboard.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_clipboard.cc
index 9515795e4..ae6de4551 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_clipboard.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_clipboard.cc
@@ -68,14 +68,6 @@ fhandler_dev_clipboard::set_clipboard (const void *buf, size_t len)
       clipbuf = (cygcb_t *) GlobalLock (hmem);
 
       clock_gettime (CLOCK_REALTIME, &clipbuf->ts);
-#ifdef __x86_64__
-      /* ts overlays cb_sec and cb_nsec such that no conversion is needed */
-#elif __i386__
-      /* Expand 32-bit timespec layout to 64-bit layout.
-         NOTE: Steps must be done in this order to avoid data loss. */
-      clipbuf->cb_nsec = clipbuf->ts.tv_nsec;
-      clipbuf->cb_sec  = clipbuf->ts.tv_sec;
-#endif
       clipbuf->cb_size = len;
       memcpy (clipbuf->cb_data, buf, len); // append user-supplied data
 
@@ -180,14 +172,6 @@ fhandler_dev_clipboard::fstat (struct stat *buf)
 	  && (hglb = GetClipboardData (format))
 	  && (clipbuf = (cygcb_t *) GlobalLock (hglb)))
 	{
-#ifdef __x86_64__
-	  /* ts overlays cb_sec and cb_nsec such that no conversion is needed */
-#elif __i386__
-	  /* Compress 64-bit timespec layout to 32-bit layout.
-	     NOTE: Steps must be done in this order to avoid data loss. */
-	  clipbuf->ts.tv_sec  = clipbuf->cb_sec;
-	  clipbuf->ts.tv_nsec = clipbuf->cb_nsec;
-#endif
 	  buf->st_atim = buf->st_mtim = clipbuf->ts;
 	  buf->st_size = clipbuf->cb_size;
 	  GlobalUnlock (hglb);
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/include/sys/clipboard.h b/winsup/cygwin/include/sys/clipboard.h
index 932fe98d9..e3901d0c8 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/include/sys/clipboard.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/include/sys/clipboard.h
@@ -17,33 +17,18 @@ details. */
 
 static const WCHAR *CYGWIN_NATIVE = L"CYGWIN_NATIVE_CLIPBOARD";
 
-/*
- * The following layout of cygcb_t is new with Cygwin 3.3.0.  It aids in the
- * transfer of clipboard contents between 32- and 64-bit Cygwin environments.
- */
 typedef struct
 {
   union
   {
-    /*
-     * Note that ts below overlays the struct following it.  On 32-bit Cygwin
-     * timespec values have to be converted to|from cygcb_t layout.  On 64-bit
-     * Cygwin timespec values perfectly conform to the struct following, so
-     * no conversion is needed.
-     *
-     * We avoid directly using 'struct timespec' or 'size_t' here because they
-     * are different sizes on different architectures.  When copy/pasting
-     * between 32- and 64-bit Cygwin, the pasted data could appear corrupted,
-     * or partially interpreted as a size which can cause an access violation.
-     */
-    struct timespec ts;  // 8 bytes on 32-bit Cygwin, 16 bytes on 64-bit Cygwin
+    struct timespec ts;
     struct
     {
-      uint64_t  cb_sec;  // 8 bytes everywhere
-      uint64_t  cb_nsec; // 8 bytes everywhere
+      uint64_t  cb_sec;  // == ts.tv_sec
+      uint64_t  cb_nsec; // == ts.tv_nsec
     };
   };
-  uint64_t      cb_size; // 8 bytes everywhere
+  uint64_t      cb_size;
   char          cb_data[];
 } cygcb_t;