diff --git a/config/Config-build.in b/config/Config-build.in
index 23cf83bc4045f9163bda12210e65c72fe50e764e..6d81bef62df6f96b40f570c07a2ed9fc1ab0b9dc 100644
--- a/config/Config-build.in
+++ b/config/Config-build.in
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ menu "Global build settings"
 		config PKG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG
 			bool "Strong"
 			select SSP_SUPPORT if !USE_MUSL
-			depends on GCC_VERSION_5
+			depends on !GCC_VERSION_4_8
 			depends on KERNEL_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG
 	endchoice
 
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ menu "Global build settings"
 		config KERNEL_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR
 			bool "Regular"
 		config KERNEL_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG
-			depends on GCC_VERSION_5
+			depends on !GCC_VERSION_4_8
 			bool "Strong"
 	endchoice
 
diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/Config.in b/toolchain/gcc/Config.in
index def296f01e72e8f2410047854aebd4b9ed2db861..7cb6d379be794676b0164541cdf76a1ffc432d38 100644
--- a/toolchain/gcc/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/Config.in
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ choice
 		depends on arc
 
 	config GCC_USE_VERSION_5
-		select GCC_VERSION_5
 		bool "gcc 5.x"
 		depends on !arc
 
diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/Config.version b/toolchain/gcc/Config.version
index 30df7235a412bb82a20a92467d0c57280dbbebfb..e83553f36098934526ffa8d969ce2ad86db49cd0 100644
--- a/toolchain/gcc/Config.version
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/Config.version
@@ -10,7 +10,3 @@ config GCC_VERSION
 config GCC_VERSION_4_8
 	bool
 	default y	if GCC_VERSION_4_8_ARC
-
-config GCC_VERSION_5
-	default y if (!TOOLCHAINOPTS && !arc)
-	bool