diff --git a/core/ISmmAPI.h b/core/ISmmAPI.h
index 65a01fd..5b134cf 100644
--- a/core/ISmmAPI.h
+++ b/core/ISmmAPI.h
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@ class ConCommandBase;
 #include <ISmmPlugin.h>
 #include <ISmmPluginExt.h>
 
-#if defined __GNUC__
-#if ((__GNUC__ == 3) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ < 4)) || (__GNUC__ < 3)
-#error "You must compile with at least GCC 3.4! If you know what you are doing, you can remove this message."
-#endif //version check
-#endif //__GNUC__
-
 #define	MMIFACE_SOURCEHOOK		"ISourceHook"			/**< ISourceHook Pointer */
 #define	MMIFACE_PLMANAGER		"IPluginManager"		/**< SourceMM Plugin Functions */
 #define MMIFACE_SH_HOOKMANAUTOGEN	"IHookManagerAutoGen"		/**< SourceHook::IHookManagerAutoGen Pointer */
diff --git a/core/ISmmPlugin.h b/core/ISmmPlugin.h
index 12a0665..e77e2c5 100644
--- a/core/ISmmPlugin.h
+++ b/core/ISmmPlugin.h
@@ -484,11 +484,7 @@ using namespace SourceMM;
 #if defined __WIN32__ || defined _WIN32 || defined WIN32
 	#define SMM_API extern "C" __declspec(dllexport)
 #elif defined __GNUC__
-	#if (__GNUC__ == 4) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1)
-		#define SMM_API extern "C" __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))	
-	#else
-		#define SMM_API	extern "C" 
-	#endif	
+	#define SMM_API extern "C" __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))	
 #endif
 #endif //!defined SMM_API
 
diff --git a/core/metamod_oslink.cpp b/core/metamod_oslink.cpp
index 2ec065d..a100ea7 100644
--- a/core/metamod_oslink.cpp
+++ b/core/metamod_oslink.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ bool GetFileOfAddress(void *pAddr, char *buffer, size_t maxlength)
 	return true;
 }
 
-#if defined __GNUC__ && (__GNUC__ == 3 || __GNUC__ == 4)
+#if defined __GNUC__
 void * operator new(size_t size) {
 	return malloc(size);
 }
diff --git a/core/metamod_oslink.h b/core/metamod_oslink.h
index 03b6764..78c6e20 100644
--- a/core/metamod_oslink.h
+++ b/core/metamod_oslink.h
@@ -90,11 +90,7 @@ bool GetFileOfAddress(void *pAddr, char *buffer, size_t maxlength);
 #if defined __WIN32__ || defined _WIN32 || defined WIN32
 	#define SMM_API extern "C" __declspec(dllexport)
 #elif defined __GNUC__
-	#if (__GNUC__ == 4)
-		#define SMM_API extern "C" __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))	
-	#else
-		#define SMM_API	extern "C" 
-	#endif	
+	#define SMM_API extern "C" __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))	
 #endif
 
 #if defined __WIN32__ || defined _WIN32 || defined WIN32
diff --git a/loader/loader.cpp b/loader/loader.cpp
index 8d7c95f..601faff 100644
--- a/loader/loader.cpp
+++ b/loader/loader.cpp
@@ -146,11 +146,7 @@ mm_UnloadMetamodLibrary()
 #if defined _WIN32
 #define EXPORT extern "C" __declspec(dllexport)
 #elif defined __GNUC__
-#if __GNUC__ >= 4
 #define EXPORT extern "C" __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))
-#else
-#define EXPORT extern "C"
-#endif
 #endif
 
 EXPORT void *