diff --git a/src/solvers/dgmulti/dg.jl b/src/solvers/dgmulti/dg.jl
index 2d588c5c79d..293e6499875 100644
--- a/src/solvers/dgmulti/dg.jl
+++ b/src/solvers/dgmulti/dg.jl
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ mul_by_accum!(A::UniformScaling) = MulByAccumUniformScaling()
     StructArrays.foreachfield(f, args...)
 end
 
+# Matrix{<:SVector} fallback
+@inline function apply_to_each_field(f::F, args::Vararg{Any, N}) where {F, N}
+    f(args...)
+end
+
 # specialize for UniformScaling types: works for either StructArray{SVector} or Matrix{SVector}
 # solution storage formats.
 @inline apply_to_each_field(f::MulByUniformScaling, out, x, args...) = copy!(out, x)
@@ -138,10 +143,8 @@ end
 
 # Allocate nested array type for DGMulti solution storage.
 function allocate_nested_array(uEltype, nvars, array_dimensions, dg)
-    # store components as separate arrays, combine via StructArrays
-    return StructArray{SVector{nvars, uEltype}}(ntuple(_ -> zeros(uEltype,
-                                                                  array_dimensions...),
-                                                       nvars))
+    # store components as separate arrays, combine them into Matrix{SVector}
+    return zeros(SVector{nvars, uEltype}, array_dimensions...)
 end
 
 function reset_du!(du, dg::DGMulti, other_args...)
diff --git a/src/solvers/dgmulti/flux_differencing.jl b/src/solvers/dgmulti/flux_differencing.jl
index 88f06607019..aca950ecf2d 100644
--- a/src/solvers/dgmulti/flux_differencing.jl
+++ b/src/solvers/dgmulti/flux_differencing.jl
@@ -288,12 +288,6 @@ function compute_flux_differencing_SBP_matrices(dg::DGMultiFluxDiffSBP,
     return Qrst_skew
 end
 
-# For flux differencing SBP-type approximations, store solutions in Matrix{SVector{nvars}}.
-# This results in a slight speedup for `calc_volume_integral!`.
-function allocate_nested_array(uEltype, nvars, array_dimensions, dg::DGMultiFluxDiffSBP)
-    return zeros(SVector{nvars, uEltype}, array_dimensions...)
-end
-
 function create_cache(mesh::DGMultiMesh, equations, dg::DGMultiFluxDiffSBP, RealT,
                       uEltype)
     rd = dg.basis