diff --git a/include/helpers.h b/include/helpers.h
index 0f471a08..3a3cc476 100644
--- a/include/helpers.h
+++ b/include/helpers.h
@@ -9,21 +9,10 @@
 #ifndef HELPERS_H
 #define HELPERS_H
 
-#if defined(__GNUC__)
-	#if __GNUC__ > 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && (__GNUC_MINOR__ >= 5))
-		/* GCC 2.5 or newer */
-		#define noreturn __attribute__ ((noreturn))
-	#endif
-#endif
-
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(noreturn)
-	#if _MSC_VER >= 1310
-		/* MS Visual Studio 2003/.NET Framework 1.1 or newer */
-		#define noreturn _declspec(noreturn)
-	#endif
-#endif
-
-#if !defined(noreturn)
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+	/* GCC or compatible */
+	#define noreturn __attribute__ ((noreturn))
+#else
 	/* Unsupported, but no need to throw a fit */
 	#define noreturn
 #endif