diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/compilers.rb b/Library/Homebrew/compilers.rb
index 33c1f3aad8..7097260fe4 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/compilers.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/compilers.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module CompilerConstants
-  GNU_GCC_VERSIONS = %w[4.9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14].freeze
-  GNU_GCC_REGEXP = /^gcc-(4\.9|[5-9]|10|11|12|13|14)$/
+  GNU_GCC_VERSIONS = %w[7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14].freeze
+  GNU_GCC_REGEXP = /^gcc-(#{GNU_GCC_VERSIONS.join("|")})$/
   COMPILER_SYMBOL_MAP = {
     "gcc"        => :gcc,
     "clang"      => :clang,
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/shims/linux/super/gcc-4.2 b/Library/Homebrew/shims/linux/super/gcc-4.2
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--- a/Library/Homebrew/shims/linux/super/gcc-4.2
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-cc
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diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/shims/linux/super/gcc-4.9 b/Library/Homebrew/shims/linux/super/gcc-4.9
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--- a/Library/Homebrew/shims/linux/super/gcc-4.9
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-cc
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--- a/Library/Homebrew/shims/linux/super/gcc-5
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-cc
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--- a/Library/Homebrew/shims/linux/super/gcc-6
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-cc
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-cc
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diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/shims/mac/super/gcc-4.2 b/Library/Homebrew/shims/mac/super/gcc-4.2
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--- a/Library/Homebrew/shims/mac/super/gcc-4.9
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-cc
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-cc
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diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/shims/mac/super/i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2 b/Library/Homebrew/shims/mac/super/i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2
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-cc
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-cc
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diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/shims/super/i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2 b/Library/Homebrew/shims/super/i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2
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