diff -up ocp-0.2.1/configure.ac.no-gcc-version-check ocp-0.2.1/configure.ac
--- ocp-0.2.1/configure.ac.no-gcc-version-check	2020-02-08 19:05:13.993537420 -0500
+++ ocp-0.2.1/configure.ac	2020-02-08 19:07:17.088275191 -0500
@@ -123,31 +123,6 @@ dnl restore prefix and exec_prefix
   exec_prefix=$exec_prefix_save
 ])
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([gcc version])
-cc_version=`( $CC -dumpversion ) 2>&1`
-if test "$?" -gt 0 || test x$cc_version = x; then
-	AC_MSG_ERROR([not found])
-else
-	case $cc_version in
-		'')
-			AC_MSG_ERROR([not found]);
-			;;
-		2.95.[[2-9]]|2.95.[[2-9]][[-]].*|3.[[0-9]]|3.[[0-9]].[[0-9]]|3.[[0-9]]|3.[[0-9]].[[0-9]]-*|4.*|5.*|6.*|7*|8*|9*|10*)
-			_cc_major=`echo $cc_version | cut -d '.' -f 1`
-			_cc_minor=`echo $cc_version | cut -d '.' -f 2`
-			_cc_mini=`echo $cc_version | cut -d '.' -f 3`
-			if test $_cc_major -gt 2; then
-				AC_MSG_RESULT([$cc_version, ok])
-			else
-				AC_MSG_ERROR([$cc_version, bad])
-			fi
-			;;
-		*)
-			AC_MSG_ERROR([$cc_version, bad])
-			;;
-       esac
-fi
-
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for broken signed char to signed int in loops (gcc version 4.1.1)])
 AC_RUN_IFELSE(
 [AC_LANG_SOURCE([
diff -up ocp-0.2.1/configure.no-gcc-version-check ocp-0.2.1/configure
--- ocp-0.2.1/configure.no-gcc-version-check	2020-02-08 19:05:13.994537418 -0500
+++ ocp-0.2.1/configure	2020-02-08 19:06:53.973324507 -0500
@@ -6141,33 +6141,6 @@ test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE && exec_pre
 
 
 
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking gcc version" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking gcc version... " >&6; }
-cc_version=`( $CC -dumpversion ) 2>&1`
-if test "$?" -gt 0 || test x$cc_version = x; then
-	as_fn_error $? "not found" "$LINENO" 5
-else
-	case $cc_version in
-		'')
-			as_fn_error $? "not found" "$LINENO" 5;
-			;;
-		2.95.[2-9]|2.95.[2-9][-].*|3.[0-9]|3.[0-9].[0-9]|3.[0-9]|3.[0-9].[0-9]-*|4.*|5.*|6.*|7*|8*|9*|10*)
-			_cc_major=`echo $cc_version | cut -d '.' -f 1`
-			_cc_minor=`echo $cc_version | cut -d '.' -f 2`
-			_cc_mini=`echo $cc_version | cut -d '.' -f 3`
-			if test $_cc_major -gt 2; then
-				{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $cc_version, ok" >&5
-$as_echo "$cc_version, ok" >&6; }
-			else
-				as_fn_error $? "$cc_version, bad" "$LINENO" 5
-			fi
-			;;
-		*)
-			as_fn_error $? "$cc_version, bad" "$LINENO" 5
-			;;
-       esac
-fi
-
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for broken signed char to signed int in loops (gcc version 4.1.1)" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for broken signed char to signed int in loops (gcc version 4.1.1)... " >&6; }
 if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :