diff --git a/Python/opcode_metadata.h b/Python/opcode_metadata.h
index 64923e61fa4590..34a102c4e4e519 100644
--- a/Python/opcode_metadata.h
+++ b/Python/opcode_metadata.h
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ struct opcode_macro_expansion {
 extern const struct opcode_metadata _PyOpcode_opcode_metadata[512];
 extern const struct opcode_macro_expansion _PyOpcode_macro_expansion[256];
 extern const char * const _PyOpcode_uop_name[512];
-#else
+#else // if NEED_OPCODE_METADATA
 const struct opcode_metadata _PyOpcode_opcode_metadata[512] = {
     [NOP] = { true, INSTR_FMT_IX, 0 },
     [RESUME] = { true, INSTR_FMT_IB, HAS_ARG_FLAG },
@@ -1292,7 +1292,6 @@ const struct opcode_macro_expansion _PyOpcode_macro_expansion[256] = {
     [BINARY_OP] = { .nuops = 1, .uops = { { BINARY_OP, 0, 0 } } },
     [SWAP] = { .nuops = 1, .uops = { { SWAP, 0, 0 } } },
 };
-#ifdef NEED_OPCODE_METADATA
 const char * const _PyOpcode_uop_name[512] = {
     [300] = "EXIT_TRACE",
     [301] = "SAVE_IP",
@@ -1312,4 +1311,3 @@ const char * const _PyOpcode_uop_name[512] = {
     [315] = "_LOAD_FROM_DICT_OR_GLOBALS",
 };
 #endif // NEED_OPCODE_METADATA
-#endif
diff --git a/Tools/cases_generator/generate_cases.py b/Tools/cases_generator/generate_cases.py
index 932d0c14d398ab..641a327b06aa22 100644
--- a/Tools/cases_generator/generate_cases.py
+++ b/Tools/cases_generator/generate_cases.py
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ def write_metadata(self) -> None:
             self.out.emit("extern const struct opcode_metadata _PyOpcode_opcode_metadata[512];")
             self.out.emit("extern const struct opcode_macro_expansion _PyOpcode_macro_expansion[256];")
             self.out.emit("extern const char * const _PyOpcode_uop_name[512];")
-            self.out.emit("#else")
+            self.out.emit("#else // if NEED_OPCODE_METADATA")
 
             self.out.emit("const struct opcode_metadata _PyOpcode_opcode_metadata[512] = {")
 
@@ -1289,12 +1289,10 @@ def write_metadata(self) -> None:
                         case _:
                             typing.assert_never(thing)
 
-            self.out.emit("#ifdef NEED_OPCODE_METADATA")
             with self.out.block("const char * const _PyOpcode_uop_name[512] =", ";"):
                 self.write_uop_items(lambda name, counter: f"[{counter}] = \"{name}\",")
-            self.out.emit("#endif // NEED_OPCODE_METADATA")
 
-            self.out.emit("#endif")
+            self.out.emit("#endif // NEED_OPCODE_METADATA")
 
         with open(self.pymetadata_filename, "w") as f:
             # Create formatter