diff --git a/README.developer b/README.developer
index 570ddc225..c57b66373 100644
--- a/README.developer
+++ b/README.developer
@@ -595,7 +595,6 @@ Keep in mind Hamlib has to run under:
 
 Hamlib should also compile with the following common compilers:
 
-    * gcc-2.9x  (most likely deprecated)
     * gcc-3.0 and gcc-3.2+  (nearly deprecated?)
     * gcc-4.x and newer
     * in shared and static
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b41b2fe9f..58aa4472d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -271,11 +271,6 @@ AS_CASE(["$host_os"],
         AC_SUBST([AM_LDFLAGS])],
 
     [darwin* | rhapsody*], [
-        # Trick from http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/porting/
-        # TODO: check the compiler actually does support these options
-        AM_CFLAGS="${AM_CFLAGS} -no-cpp-precomp"
-        AM_CXXFLAGS="${AM_CXXFLAGS} -no-cpp-precomp"
-
         # Tell the OS X linker to allocate enough space inside the
         # libhamlib.X.dylib shared object for install_name_tool(1) to
         # work. This is useful when including hamlib in an app bundle.