diff --git a/auto/cc/gcc b/auto/cc/gcc
index c9101fea1..5f93ca392 100644
--- a/auto/cc/gcc
+++ b/auto/cc/gcc
@@ -151,9 +151,13 @@ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Wpointer-arith"
 #CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Winline"
 #CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wmissing-prototypes"
 
-
 case "$NGX_GCC_VER" in
-    [3-5].*)
+    2.*)
+        # we have a lot of the unused function arguments
+        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-unused"
+    ;;
+
+    *)
         # we have a lot of the unused function arguments
         CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-unused-parameter"
         # 4.2.1 shows the warning in wrong places
@@ -164,11 +168,6 @@ case "$NGX_GCC_VER" in
             CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-deprecated-declarations"
         fi
     ;;
-
-    *)
-        # we have a lot of the unused function arguments
-        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-unused"
-    ;;
 esac