diff --git a/include/prereq-build.mk b/include/prereq-build.mk
index 156b3f3722..830a9eff9a 100644
--- a/include/prereq-build.mk
+++ b/include/prereq-build.mk
@@ -30,14 +30,6 @@ $(eval $(call SetupHostCommand,gcc, \
 	Please install the GNU C Compiler (gcc) 4.8 or later, \
 	$(CC) -dumpversion | grep -E '^(4\.[8-9]|[5-9]\.?|10\.?)', \
 	gcc -dumpversion | grep -E '^(4\.[8-9]|[5-9]\.?|10\.?)', \
-	gcc48 --version | grep gcc, \
-	gcc49 --version | grep gcc, \
-	gcc5 --version | grep gcc, \
-	gcc6 --version | grep gcc, \
-	gcc7 --version | grep gcc, \
-	gcc8 --version | grep gcc, \
-	gcc9 --version | grep gcc, \
-	gcc10 --version | grep gcc, \
 	gcc --version | grep -E 'Apple.(LLVM|clang)' ))
 
 $(eval $(call TestHostCommand,working-gcc, \
@@ -50,14 +42,6 @@ $(eval $(call SetupHostCommand,g++, \
 	Please install the GNU C++ Compiler (g++) 4.8 or later, \
 	$(CXX) -dumpversion | grep -E '^(4\.[8-9]|[5-9]\.?|10\.?)', \
 	g++ -dumpversion | grep -E '^(4\.[8-9]|[5-9]\.?|10\.?)', \
-	g++48 --version | grep g++, \
-	g++49 --version | grep g++, \
-	g++5 --version | grep g++, \
-	g++6 --version | grep g++, \
-	g++7 --version | grep g++, \
-	g++8 --version | grep g++, \
-	g++9 --version | grep g++, \
-	g++10 --version | grep g++, \
 	g++ --version | grep -E 'Apple.(LLVM|clang)' ))
 
 $(eval $(call TestHostCommand,working-g++, \