diff --git a/comms/efax-gtk/Makefile b/comms/efax-gtk/Makefile
index cf6990a36ffc..6d18bf954280 100644
--- a/comms/efax-gtk/Makefile
+++ b/comms/efax-gtk/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ USES=		pkgconfig
 USE_GHOSTSCRIPT_RUN=yes
 USE_GNOME=	gtk20
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-USE_GCC=	4.6+
+USE_GCC=	yes
 
 CONFLICTS=	efax-[0-9]*
 
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/c++-gtk-utils/Makefile b/x11-toolkits/c++-gtk-utils/Makefile
index 76b6e685d24c..1abdedde1f37 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/c++-gtk-utils/Makefile
+++ b/x11-toolkits/c++-gtk-utils/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ COMMENT=	Lightweight library for programming GTK+ programs
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-USE_GCC=	4.6+
+USE_GCC=	yes
 USES=		pathfix pkgconfig
 USE_GNOME=	gtk20
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes