diff --git a/dlls/oleaut32/tests/usrmarshal.c b/dlls/oleaut32/tests/usrmarshal.c
index 6559cdcd865..fee8097fac8 100644
--- a/dlls/oleaut32/tests/usrmarshal.c
+++ b/dlls/oleaut32/tests/usrmarshal.c
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@
 
 #include "wine/test.h"
 
-#if (__STDC__ && !defined(_FORCENAMELESSUNION)) || defined(NONAMELESSUNION)
-# define V_U2(A)  ((A)->n1.n2)
-#else
-# define V_U2(A)  (*(A))
-#endif
-
 typedef struct
 {
     IUnknown IUnknown_iface;
@@ -870,9 +864,9 @@ static DWORD *check_variant_header(DWORD *wirev, VARIANT *v, ULONG size)
     ok(header->clSize == (size + 7) >> 3, "wv[0] %08lx, expected %08lx\n", header->clSize, (size + 7) >> 3);
     ok(header->rpcReserved == 0, "wv[1] %08lx\n", header->rpcReserved);
     ok(header->vt == V_VT(v), "vt %04x expected %04x\n", header->vt, V_VT(v));
-    ok(header->wReserved1 == V_U2(v).wReserved1, "res1 %04x expected %04x\n", header->wReserved1, V_U2(v).wReserved1);
-    ok(header->wReserved2 == V_U2(v).wReserved2, "res2 %04x expected %04x\n", header->wReserved2, V_U2(v).wReserved2);
-    ok(header->wReserved3 == V_U2(v).wReserved3, "res3 %04x expected %04x\n", header->wReserved3, V_U2(v).wReserved3);
+    ok(header->wReserved1 == v->wReserved1, "res1 %04x expected %04x\n", header->wReserved1, v->wReserved1);
+    ok(header->wReserved2 == v->wReserved2, "res2 %04x expected %04x\n", header->wReserved2, v->wReserved2);
+    ok(header->wReserved3 == v->wReserved3, "res3 %04x expected %04x\n", header->wReserved3, v->wReserved3);
 
     switch_is = V_VT(v);
     if(switch_is & VT_ARRAY)
@@ -938,9 +932,9 @@ static void test_marshal_VARIANT(void)
     /* check_variant_header tests wReserved[123], so initialize to unique values.
      * (Could probably also do this by setting the variant to a known DECIMAL.)
      */
-    V_U2(&v).wReserved1 = 0x1234;
-    V_U2(&v).wReserved2 = 0x5678;
-    V_U2(&v).wReserved3 = 0x9abc;
+    v.wReserved1 = 0x1234;
+    v.wReserved2 = 0x5678;
+    v.wReserved3 = 0x9abc;
 
     /* Variants have an alignment of 8 */
     rpcMsg.BufferLength = stubMsg.BufferLength = VARIANT_UserSize(&umcb.Flags, 1, &v);
@@ -1306,9 +1300,9 @@ static void test_marshal_VARIANT(void)
     /* check_variant_header tests wReserved[123], so initialize to unique values.
      * (Could probably also do this by setting the variant to a known DECIMAL.)
      */
-    V_U2(&v2).wReserved1 = 0x0123;
-    V_U2(&v2).wReserved2 = 0x4567;
-    V_U2(&v2).wReserved3 = 0x89ab;
+    v2.wReserved1 = 0x0123;
+    v2.wReserved2 = 0x4567;
+    v2.wReserved3 = 0x89ab;
 
     stubMsg.Buffer = buffer;
     next = VARIANT_UserUnmarshal(&umcb.Flags, buffer, &v2);
diff --git a/dlls/oleaut32/usrmarshal.c b/dlls/oleaut32/usrmarshal.c
index eed0f3ac0aa..25bce3155bf 100644
--- a/dlls/oleaut32/usrmarshal.c
+++ b/dlls/oleaut32/usrmarshal.c
@@ -400,9 +400,9 @@ unsigned char * WINAPI VARIANT_UserMarshal(ULONG *pFlags, unsigned char *Buffer,
     header->clSize = 0; /* fixed up at the end */
     header->rpcReserved = 0;
     header->vt = V_VT(pvar);
-    header->wReserved1 = pvar->n1.n2.wReserved1;
-    header->wReserved2 = pvar->n1.n2.wReserved2;
-    header->wReserved3 = pvar->n1.n2.wReserved3;
+    header->wReserved1 = pvar->wReserved1;
+    header->wReserved2 = pvar->wReserved2;
+    header->wReserved3 = pvar->wReserved3;
     header->switch_is = V_VT(pvar);
     if(header->switch_is & VT_ARRAY)
         header->switch_is &= ~VT_TYPEMASK;
@@ -566,9 +566,9 @@ unsigned char * WINAPI VARIANT_UserUnmarshal(ULONG *pFlags, unsigned char *Buffe
     }
 
     V_VT(pvar) = header->vt;
-    pvar->n1.n2.wReserved1 = header->wReserved1;
-    pvar->n1.n2.wReserved2 = header->wReserved2;
-    pvar->n1.n2.wReserved3 = header->wReserved3;
+    pvar->wReserved1 = header->wReserved1;
+    pvar->wReserved2 = header->wReserved2;
+    pvar->wReserved3 = header->wReserved3;
 
     if(header->vt & VT_ARRAY)
     {
diff --git a/include/oaidl.idl b/include/oaidl.idl
index 37da734baf7..eb8b28e3b5a 100644
--- a/include/oaidl.idl
+++ b/include/oaidl.idl
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ const USHORT FADF_CREATEVECTOR = 0x2000; /* This array is a vector */
 
 /* Variant */
 
-cpp_quote("#if (__STDC__ && !defined(_FORCENAMELESSUNION)) || defined(NONAMELESSUNION)")
+cpp_quote("#ifdef NONAMELESSUNION")
 cpp_quote("#define __VARIANT_NAME_1 n1")
 cpp_quote("#define __VARIANT_NAME_2 n2")
 cpp_quote("#define __VARIANT_NAME_3 n3")
diff --git a/include/oleauto.h b/include/oleauto.h
index 657986e399f..5d5b8bbd371 100644
--- a/include/oleauto.h
+++ b/include/oleauto.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ WINOLEAUTAPI HRESULT WINAPI GetRecordInfoFromGuids(REFGUID,ULONG,ULONG,LCID,REFG
  */
 
 /* Macros for accessing the fields of the VARIANT type */
-#if (__STDC__ && !defined(_FORCENAMELESSUNION)) || defined(NONAMELESSUNION)
+#ifdef NONAMELESSUNION
 #define V_VT(A)         ((A)->n1.n2.vt)
 #define V_UNION(A,B)    ((A)->n1.n2.n3.B)
 #define V_RECORD(A)     (V_UNION(A,brecVal).pvRecord)
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ WINOLEAUTAPI HRESULT WINAPI GetRecordInfoFromGuids(REFGUID,ULONG,ULONG,LCID,REFG
 #define V_CYREF(A)       V_UNION(A,pcyVal)
 #define V_DATE(A)        V_UNION(A,date)
 #define V_DATEREF(A)     V_UNION(A,pdate)
-#if (__STDC__ && !defined(_FORCENAMELESSUNION)) || defined(NONAMELESSUNION)
+#ifdef NONAMELESSUNION
 #define V_DECIMAL(A)     ((A)->n1.decVal)
 #else
 #define V_DECIMAL(A)     ((A)->decVal)