diff --git a/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak b/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak
index 39e73332ac7..83f0b892d17 100644
--- a/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak
+++ b/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak
@@ -280,17 +280,6 @@ ifeq ($(BASE_TARGETOS),)
 $(error $(TARGETOS) not supported !)
 endif
 
-#-------------------------------------------------
-# GCC 4.7 workaround (discrete audio needs type-safe rewrite to fix this for real)
-#-------------------------------------------------
-
-ifneq ($(BASE_TARGETOS),win32)
-CCVERS = $(shell gcc --version)
-ifneq (,$(findstring 4.7,$(CCVERS)))
-CCOMFLAGS += -Wno-narrowing -Wno-attributes
-endif
-endif
-
 #-------------------------------------------------
 # object and source roots
 #-------------------------------------------------
@@ -355,6 +344,16 @@ INCPATH += -include $(SDLSRC)/sdlprefix.h
 
 SDLOS_TARGETOS = $(BASE_TARGETOS)
 
+#-------------------------------------------------
+# TEST_GCC for GCC version-specific stuff
+#-------------------------------------------------
+
+TEST_GCC = $(shell gcc --version)
+
+ifeq ($(findstring 4.7,$(TEST_GCC)),4.7)
+	CCOMFLAGS += -Wno-narrowing -Wno-attributes
+endif
+
 #-------------------------------------------------
 # Unix
 #-------------------------------------------------
@@ -469,14 +468,10 @@ endif
 # Static linking
 
 LDFLAGS += -static-libgcc
-TEST_GCC = $(shell gcc --version)
 ifeq ($(findstring 4.4,$(TEST_GCC)),)
 	#if we use new tools
 	LDFLAGS += -static-libstdc++
 endif
-ifeq ($(findstring 4.7,$(TEST_GCC)),4.7)
-	CCOMFLAGS += -Wno-narrowing -Wno-attributes
-endif
 LIBS += -lSDL.dll
 LIBS += -luser32 -lgdi32 -lddraw -ldsound -ldxguid -lwinmm -ladvapi32 -lcomctl32 -lshlwapi