diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc2.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc2.h
deleted file mode 100644
index ebed17660c5fa6f09cdbe4f331736abdd58a1a60..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc2.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/* Never include this file directly.  Include <linux/compiler.h> instead.  */
-
-/* These definitions are for GCC v2.x.  */
-
-/* Somewhere in the middle of the GCC 2.96 development cycle, we implemented
-   a mechanism by which the user can annotate likely branch directions and
-   expect the blocks to be reordered appropriately.  Define __builtin_expect
-   to nothing for earlier compilers.  */
-#include <linux/compiler-gcc.h>
-
-#if __GNUC_MINOR__ < 96
-# define __builtin_expect(x, expected_value) (x)
-#endif
-
-#define __attribute_used__	__attribute__((__unused__))
-
-/*
- * The attribute `pure' is not implemented in GCC versions earlier
- * than 2.96.
- */
-#if __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 96
-# define __attribute_pure__	__attribute__((pure))
-# define __attribute_const__	__attribute__((__const__))
-#endif
-
-/* GCC 2.95.x/2.96 recognize __va_copy, but not va_copy. Actually later GCC's
- * define both va_copy and __va_copy, but the latter may go away, so limit this
- * to this header */
-#define va_copy			__va_copy
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index d7378215b8514fdc0a960394a2b1b523fab9dda5..f23d3c6fc2c06ea9766ec18a8580f1de5234975e 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(void __iomem *);
 # include <linux/compiler-gcc4.h>
 #elif __GNUC__ == 3
 # include <linux/compiler-gcc3.h>
-#elif __GNUC__ == 2
-# include <linux/compiler-gcc2.h>
 #else
 # error Sorry, your compiler is too old/not recognized.
 #endif
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index afe5eb84ad52fe35c5862f9adda94a1d9100a771..8342c2890b16dd364f9222855e9a6bb7b5b8fc7d 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@
  * This is one of the first .c files built. Error out early
  * if we have compiler trouble..
  */
-#if __GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 96
-#ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
-#error This compiler cannot compile correctly with frame pointers enabled
-#endif
-#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
 #include <asm/smp.h>
@@ -74,7 +69,7 @@
  * To avoid associated bogus bug reports, we flatly refuse to compile
  * with a gcc that is known to be too old from the very beginning.
  */
-#if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 95)
+#if (__GNUC__ < 3) || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 2)
 #error Sorry, your GCC is too old. It builds incorrect kernels.
 #endif