using namespace std;
using namespace lyx::support;
-// OSX clang, gcc < 4.8.0, and msvc < 2015 do not support C++11 thread_local
-#if defined(__APPLE__) || (defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 8)
+// OSX clang and msvc < 2015 do not support C++11 thread_local
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
#define THREAD_LOCAL_STATIC static __thread
#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER < 1900)
#define THREAD_LOCAL_STATIC static __declspec(thread)