diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c3191440095..b7856d3b012 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -286,10 +286,6 @@ export quiet Q KBUILD_VERBOSE
 cc-option = $(shell if $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(1) -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null \
              > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "$(1)"; else echo "$(2)"; fi ;)
 
-# For backward compatibility
-check_gcc = $(warning check_gcc is deprecated - use cc-option) \
-            $(call cc-option, $(1),$(2))
-
 # cc-option-yn
 # Usage: flag := $(call cc-option-yn, -march=winchip-c6)
 cc-option-yn = $(shell if $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(1) -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null \