diff --git a/Python/jit.c b/Python/jit.c
index c3e6aea4037f58..dbaef80049c0d6 100644
--- a/Python/jit.c
+++ b/Python/jit.c
@@ -56,15 +56,13 @@ jit_alloc(size_t size)
     int flags = MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE;
     unsigned char *memory = VirtualAlloc(NULL, size, flags, PAGE_READWRITE);
     int failed = memory == NULL;
-#elif defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__aarch64__)
-    int flags = MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_JIT;
-    int prot = PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC;
-    unsigned char *memory = mmap(NULL, size, prot, flags, -1, 0);
-    int failed = memory == MAP_FAILED;
-    pthread_jit_write_protect_np(0);
 #else
     int flags = MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE;
     int prot = PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE;
+# ifdef MAP_JIT
+    flags |= MAP_JIT;
+    prot |= PROT_EXEC;
+# endif
     unsigned char *memory = mmap(NULL, size, prot, flags, -1, 0);
     int failed = memory == MAP_FAILED;
 #endif
@@ -108,13 +106,12 @@ mark_executable(unsigned char *memory, size_t size)
     }
     int old;
     int failed = !VirtualProtect(memory, size, PAGE_EXECUTE_READ, &old);
-#elif defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__aarch64__)
-    int failed = 0;
-    __builtin___clear_cache((char *)memory, (char *)memory + size);
-    pthread_jit_write_protect_np(1);
 #else
+    int failed = 0;
     __builtin___clear_cache((char *)memory, (char *)memory + size);
-    int failed = mprotect(memory, size, PROT_EXEC | PROT_READ);
+# ifndef MAP_JIT
+    failed = mprotect(memory, size, PROT_EXEC | PROT_READ);
+# endif
 #endif
     if (failed) {
         jit_error("unable to protect executable memory");
@@ -510,6 +507,9 @@ _PyJIT_Compile(_PyExecutorObject *executor, const _PyUOpInstruction trace[], siz
     if (memory == NULL) {
         return -1;
     }
+#ifdef MAP_JIT
+    pthread_jit_write_protect_np(0);
+#endif
     // Update the offsets of each instruction:
     for (size_t i = 0; i < length; i++) {
         state.instruction_starts[i] += (uintptr_t)memory;
@@ -540,7 +540,11 @@ _PyJIT_Compile(_PyExecutorObject *executor, const _PyUOpInstruction trace[], siz
     data += group->data_size;
     assert(code == memory + code_size);
     assert(data == memory + code_size + data_size);
-    if (mark_executable(memory, total_size)) {
+    int status = mark_executable(memory, total_size);
+#ifdef MAP_JIT
+    pthread_jit_write_protect_np(1);
+#endif
+    if (status) {
         jit_free(memory, total_size);
         return -1;
     }