diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc.mk b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
index b39ca8566d..658f5a6b4f 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
@@ -293,11 +293,6 @@ HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--with-long-double-128
 endif
 
-# allow to build gcc 14.x
-ifeq ($(BR2_nios2),y)
-HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --enable-obsolete
-endif
-
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_ARGS += -DBR_CROSS_PATH_SUFFIX='".br_real"'
 
 # For gcc-initial, we need to tell gcc that the C library will be