diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 44fbcd9661e9ce04be498ae5a34bd3622625fb6d..54f15563334abc854e5017fdd3abef50a9e2bd23 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2002-02-06  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>
 
+	* g++.dg/ext/align1.C: Do not use an explicit alignment value
+        as certain file formats cannot support particularly large
+        alignments.
+
 	* g++.dg/warn/weak1.C: Expect a warning from COFF toolchains,
 	and do not expect to be able to link the executable.
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/align1.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/align1.C
index 23dcf740128fb3a76cd38b53caa1f3d2bc855ba9..6c960c396de7514b2a5315939aa983d55ede65fa 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/align1.C
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/align1.C
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 // Test that __attribute__ ((aligned)) is preserved.
-// Cygwin does not support alignment greater than 16
+// The alignment used to be 64 but Cygwin does not
+// support an alignment greater than 16 and COFF 
+// not support an alignment greater than 4.
 
 extern "C" int printf (const char *, ...);
 
-typedef float at[4][4] __attribute__ ((aligned (64)));
+typedef float at[4][4] __attribute__ ((aligned));
 
 float dummy[4][4][15];
 
 static volatile at a1[15];
-// { dg-warning "object file alignment" "" { target i?86-pc-cygwin } 10 }
 
-float f1 __attribute__ ((aligned (64)));
-// { dg-warning "object file alignment" "" { target i?86-pc-cygwin } 13 }
+float f1 __attribute__ ((aligned));
 
-int main()
+int
+main (void)
 {
   printf ("%d %d\n", __alignof (a1), __alignof (f1));
   return (__alignof (a1) < __alignof (f1));