diff --git a/bin/brew b/bin/brew
index 8679014dc5..ddece3cf02 100755
--- a/bin/brew
+++ b/bin/brew
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ end
 case Hardware.cpu_type when :ppc, :dunno
   abort "Sorry, Homebrew does not support your computer's CPU architecture."
 end
-unless system "/usr/bin/which -s gcc-4.2"
-  abort "Sorry, Homebrew requires gcc 4.2, which is provided by Xcode 3.1 and later."
-end
-
 
 begin
   require 'brew.h'