diff --git a/include/qemu/compiler.h b/include/qemu/compiler.h
index 5e6cf2c8e8..1b9e58e82b 100644
--- a/include/qemu/compiler.h
+++ b/include/qemu/compiler.h
@@ -11,17 +11,6 @@
 #define QEMU_STATIC_ANALYSIS 1
 #endif
 
-/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| The macro QEMU_GNUC_PREREQ tests for minimum version of the GNU C compiler.
-| The code is a copy of SOFTFLOAT_GNUC_PREREQ, see softfloat-macros.h.
-*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__GNUC_MINOR__)
-# define QEMU_GNUC_PREREQ(maj, min) \
-         ((__GNUC__ << 16) + __GNUC_MINOR__ >= ((maj) << 16) + (min))
-#else
-# define QEMU_GNUC_PREREQ(maj, min) 0
-#endif
-
 #define QEMU_NORETURN __attribute__ ((__noreturn__))
 
 #define QEMU_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
diff --git a/scripts/cocci-macro-file.h b/scripts/cocci-macro-file.h
index c6bbc05ba3..20eea6b708 100644
--- a/scripts/cocci-macro-file.h
+++ b/scripts/cocci-macro-file.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  */
 
 /* From qemu/compiler.h */
-#define QEMU_GNUC_PREREQ(maj, min) 1
 #define QEMU_NORETURN __attribute__ ((__noreturn__))
 #define QEMU_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
 #define QEMU_SENTINEL __attribute__((sentinel))