diff --git a/include/internal/catch_compiler_capabilities.h b/include/internal/catch_compiler_capabilities.h
index c29c3a3874..325ae02893 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_compiler_capabilities.h
+++ b/include/internal/catch_compiler_capabilities.h
@@ -118,23 +118,10 @@
 // GCC
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 
-#   if __GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 8)
-#       define CATCH_GCC_HAS_NEW_PRAGMA
-#   endif
-
 #   if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 6 && defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__)
 #       define CATCH_INTERNAL_CONFIG_CPP11_NULLPTR
 #   endif
 
-#   if !defined(CATCH_INTERNAL_SUPPRESS_PARENTHESES_WARNINGS) && defined(CATCH_GCC_HAS_NEW_PRAGMA)
-#       define CATCH_INTERNAL_SUPPRESS_PARENTHESES_WARNINGS \
-            _Pragma( "GCC diagnostic push" ) \
-            _Pragma( "GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wparentheses\"" )
-#       define CATCH_INTERNAL_UNSUPPRESS_PARENTHESES_WARNINGS \
-            _Pragma( "GCC diagnostic pop" )
-#   endif
-
-
 
 // - otherwise more recent versions define __cplusplus >= 201103L
 // and will get picked up below
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_suppress_warnings.h b/include/internal/catch_suppress_warnings.h
index ffaab696f5..ad405922e2 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_suppress_warnings.h
+++ b/include/internal/catch_suppress_warnings.h
@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@
 #elif defined __GNUC__
 #    pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wvariadic-macros"
 #    pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-variable"
-
-     // For newer version we can use __Pragma to disable the warnings locally
-#    if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ <= 7
-#        pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wparentheses"
-#    endif
+#    pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wparentheses"
 
 #    pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #    pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpadded"