diff --git a/src/gbm/main/gbmint.h b/src/gbm/main/gbmint.h
index 31345e6f6de..155eb12b06b 100644
--- a/src/gbm/main/gbmint.h
+++ b/src/gbm/main/gbmint.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
 /* GCC visibility */
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 4
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
 #define GBM_EXPORT __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))
 #else
 #define GBM_EXPORT