diff --git a/tests/hashes/hashes.cpp b/tests/hashes/hashes.cpp
index 2083c74a37..401e0c5963 100644
--- a/tests/hashes/hashes.cpp
+++ b/tests/hashes/hashes.cpp
@@ -382,9 +382,7 @@ void
 // code in this function and make all the loops below infinite when using -O2,
 // so we need to turn off optimizations for it to allow the tests to run at
 // all.
-#if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 8 && __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ < 3
 __attribute__((optimize("O0")))
-#endif // g++ 4.8.[012]
 #endif // g++
 HashMapTest()
 {