diff --git a/include/boost/program_options/detail/value_semantic.hpp b/include/boost/program_options/detail/value_semantic.hpp
index 814a3db..978a38a 100644
--- a/include/boost/program_options/detail/value_semantic.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/program_options/detail/value_semantic.hpp
@@ -105,12 +105,9 @@ namespace boost { namespace program_options {
                        int);
 #endif
     // For some reason, this declaration, which is require by the standard,
-    // cause gcc 3.2 to not generate code to specialization defined in
+    // cause msvc 7.1 to not generate code to specialization defined in
     // value_semantic.cpp
-#if ! ( ( BOOST_WORKAROUND(__GNUC__, <= 3) &&\
-          BOOST_WORKAROUND(__GNUC_MINOR__, < 3) ) || \
-        ( BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, == 1310) ) \
-      ) 
+#if ! ( BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, == 1310) )
     BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_DECL void validate(boost::any& v, 
                        const std::vector<std::string>& xs,
                        std::string*,