diff --git a/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c b/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c
index 251b340fb9..c2c26489c7 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ int cpu_exec(CPUState *cpu)
 
     /* prepare setjmp context for exception handling */
     if (sigsetjmp(cpu->jmp_env, 0) != 0) {
-#if defined(__clang__) || !QEMU_GNUC_PREREQ(4, 6)
+#if defined(__clang__)
         /* Some compilers wrongly smash all local variables after
          * siglongjmp. There were bug reports for gcc 4.5.0 and clang.
          * Reload essential local variables here for those compilers.