diff --git a/include/univ.i b/include/univ.i
index 12806ea91c5..5d954b8608b 100644
--- a/include/univ.i
+++ b/include/univ.i
@@ -126,14 +126,8 @@ by one. */
 #ifdef __WIN__
 #define UNIV_INLINE	__inline
 #else
-/* config.h contains the right def for 'inline' for the current compiler */
-#if (__GNUC__ == 2)
-#define UNIV_INLINE  extern inline
-#else
-/* extern inline doesn't work with gcc 3.0.2 */
 #define UNIV_INLINE static inline
 #endif
-#endif
 
 #else
 /* If we want to compile a noninlined version we use the following macro