diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b531a620a53e..8b173c5bb381 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fe7d37d1fbf8ffe78abd72728b24fb0c64f7af55
+refs/heads/master: fd285bb54d8a3e99810090ae88cfe8ed77d1da25
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/compiler-gcc2.h b/trunk/include/linux/compiler-gcc2.h
deleted file mode 100644
index ebed17660c5f..000000000000
--- a/trunk/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/trunk/include/linux/compiler.h b/trunk/include/linux/compiler.h
index d7378215b851..f23d3c6fc2c0 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/trunk/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/trunk/init/main.c b/trunk/init/main.c
index afe5eb84ad52..8342c2890b16 100644
--- a/trunk/init/main.c
+++ b/trunk/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