diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc_xml.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc_xml.hpp
index 48fb4533..a456463c 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc_xml.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc_xml.hpp
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 #  define BOOST_NO_LAMBDAS
 #  define BOOST_NO_RAW_LITERALS
 #  define BOOST_NO_UNICODE_LITERALS
-#  define BOOST_NO_VARIADIC_MACROS
 
 #define BOOST_COMPILER "GCC-XML C++ version " __GCCXML__