diff --git a/include/wx/cpp.h b/include/wx/cpp.h
index 60bcd92a7e..2f2b277647 100644
--- a/include/wx/cpp.h
+++ b/include/wx/cpp.h
@@ -140,20 +140,6 @@
 
 #ifdef HAVE_VARIADIC_MACROS
 
-/*
-   This is a hack to make it possible to use variadic macros with g++ 3.x even
-   when using -pedantic[-errors] option: without this, it would complain that
-
-       "anonymous variadic macros were introduced in C99"
-
-   and the option disabling this warning (-Wno-variadic-macros) is only
-   available in gcc 4.0 and later, so until then this hack is the only thing we
-   can do.
- */
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ == 3
-    #pragma GCC system_header
-#endif /* gcc-3.x */
-
 /*
    wxCALL_FOR_EACH(what, ...) calls the macro from its first argument, what(pos, x),
    for every remaining argument 'x', with 'pos' being its 1-based index in
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/gccpriv.h b/include/wx/msw/gccpriv.h
index d0b47e4183..b90ee223d8 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/gccpriv.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/gccpriv.h
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@
         #define HAVE_W32API_H
     #endif
 #elif defined( __CYGWIN__ ) && !defined( HAVE_W32API_H )
-    #if ( __GNUC__ > 2 )
-        #define HAVE_W32API_H
-    #endif
+    #define HAVE_W32API_H
 #endif
 
 /* check for MinGW/Cygwin w32api version ( releases >= 0.5, only ) */
diff --git a/include/wx/platform.h b/include/wx/platform.h
index eee73324ef..34968a0306 100644
--- a/include/wx/platform.h
+++ b/include/wx/platform.h
@@ -332,10 +332,6 @@
 #   include "wx/msw/libraries.h"
 #endif
 
-#if (defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ < 3)
-#define wxNEEDS_CHARPP
-#endif
-
 /*
     Note that wx/msw/gccpriv.h must be included after defining UNICODE and
     _UNICODE macros as it includes _mingw.h which relies on them being set.
diff --git a/include/wx/testing.h b/include/wx/testing.h
index f97ed66793..317040130b 100644
--- a/include/wx/testing.h
+++ b/include/wx/testing.h
@@ -503,11 +503,6 @@ private:
  */
 #ifdef HAVE_VARIADIC_MACROS
 
-// See wx/cpp.h for the explanations of this hack.
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ == 3
-    #pragma GCC system_header
-#endif /* gcc-3.x */
-
 #define wxTEST_DIALOG(codeToRun, ...)                                          \
     {                                                                          \
         wxTEST_DIALOG_HOOK_CLASS wx_hook(__FILE__, __LINE__, __WXFUNCTION__);  \
diff --git a/tests/archive/archivetest.cpp b/tests/archive/archivetest.cpp
index 50dfec53c3..3da66cb0ae 100644
--- a/tests/archive/archivetest.cpp
+++ b/tests/archive/archivetest.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ using std::string;
 
 // Check whether member templates can be used
 //
-#if defined __GNUC__ && \
-    (__GNUC__ >= 3 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 95))
+#if defined __GNUC__
 #   define WXARC_MEMBER_TEMPLATES
 #endif
 #if defined _MSC_VER && _MSC_VER >= 1310 && !defined __WIN64__
diff --git a/tests/testprec.h b/tests/testprec.h
index 57dfe5d17e..4467b7ee36 100644
--- a/tests/testprec.h
+++ b/tests/testprec.h
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 #endif
 
 // define wxHAVE_U_ESCAPE if the compiler supports \uxxxx character constants
-#if defined(__VISUALC__) || \
-    (defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 3))
+#if defined(__VISUALC__) || defined(__GNUC__)
     #define wxHAVE_U_ESCAPE
 
     // and disable warning that using them results in with MSVC 8+