diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ee6c3c6792..fbf119bbc0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5703,31 +5703,6 @@ if compile_prog "" "" ; then
     linux_magic_h=yes
 fi
 
-########################################
-# check whether we can disable warning option with a pragma (this is needed
-# to silence warnings in the headers of some versions of external libraries).
-# This test has to be compiled with -Werror as otherwise an unknown pragma is
-# only a warning.
-#
-# If we can't selectively disable warning in the code, disable -Werror so that
-# the build doesn't fail anyway.
-
-pragma_disable_unused_but_set=no
-cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#pragma GCC diagnostic push
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wstrict-prototypes"
-#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
-
-int main(void) {
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-if compile_prog "-Werror" "" ; then
-    pragma_diagnostic_available=yes
-else
-    werror=no
-fi
-
 ########################################
 # check if we have valgrind/valgrind.h
 
@@ -7661,10 +7636,6 @@ if test "$linux_magic_h" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_LINUX_MAGIC_H=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 
-if test "$pragma_diagnostic_available" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_PRAGMA_DIAGNOSTIC_AVAILABLE=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-
 if test "$valgrind_h" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_VALGRIND_H=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
diff --git a/include/ui/gtk.h b/include/ui/gtk.h
index d1b230848a..eaeb450f91 100644
--- a/include/ui/gtk.h
+++ b/include/ui/gtk.h
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef UI_GTK_H
 #define UI_GTK_H
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PRAGMA_DIAGNOSTIC_AVAILABLE
 /* Work around an -Wstrict-prototypes warning in GTK headers */
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wstrict-prototypes"
-#endif
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
-#ifdef CONFIG_PRAGMA_DIAGNOSTIC_AVAILABLE
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
-#endif
 
 #include <gdk/gdkkeysyms.h>
 
diff --git a/include/ui/qemu-pixman.h b/include/ui/qemu-pixman.h
index 3b7cf70157..87737a6f16 100644
--- a/include/ui/qemu-pixman.h
+++ b/include/ui/qemu-pixman.h
@@ -7,14 +7,10 @@
 #define QEMU_PIXMAN_H
 
 /* pixman-0.16.0 headers have a redundant declaration */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PRAGMA_DIAGNOSTIC_AVAILABLE
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wredundant-decls"
-#endif
 #include <pixman.h>
-#ifdef CONFIG_PRAGMA_DIAGNOSTIC_AVAILABLE
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
-#endif
 
 /*
  * pixman image formats are defined to be native endian,
diff --git a/scripts/decodetree.py b/scripts/decodetree.py
index 530d41ca62..694757b6c2 100755
--- a/scripts/decodetree.py
+++ b/scripts/decodetree.py
@@ -1327,12 +1327,10 @@ def main():
     # but we can't tell which ones.  Prevent issues from the compiler by
     # suppressing redundant declaration warnings.
     if anyextern:
-        output("#ifdef CONFIG_PRAGMA_DIAGNOSTIC_AVAILABLE\n",
-               "# pragma GCC diagnostic push\n",
-               "# pragma GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wredundant-decls\"\n",
-               "# ifdef __clang__\n"
+        output("#pragma GCC diagnostic push\n",
+               "#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wredundant-decls\"\n",
+               "#ifdef __clang__\n"
                "#  pragma GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wtypedef-redefinition\"\n",
-               "# endif\n",
                "#endif\n\n")
 
     out_pats = {}
@@ -1347,9 +1345,7 @@ def main():
     output('\n')
 
     if anyextern:
-        output("#ifdef CONFIG_PRAGMA_DIAGNOSTIC_AVAILABLE\n",
-               "# pragma GCC diagnostic pop\n",
-               "#endif\n\n")
+        output("#pragma GCC diagnostic pop\n\n")
 
     for n in sorted(formats.keys()):
         f = formats[n]
diff --git a/ui/gtk.c b/ui/gtk.c
index d4b49bd7da..b0cc08ad6d 100644
--- a/ui/gtk.c
+++ b/ui/gtk.c
@@ -1996,14 +1996,10 @@ static GSList *gd_vc_gfx_init(GtkDisplayState *s, VirtualConsole *vc,
              * proper replacement (native opengl support) is only
              * available in 3.16+.  Silence the warning if possible.
              */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PRAGMA_DIAGNOSTIC_AVAILABLE
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
-#endif
             gtk_widget_set_double_buffered(vc->gfx.drawing_area, FALSE);
-#ifdef CONFIG_PRAGMA_DIAGNOSTIC_AVAILABLE
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
-#endif
             vc->gfx.dcl.ops = &dcl_egl_ops;
         }
     } else
diff --git a/util/coroutine-ucontext.c b/util/coroutine-ucontext.c
index f0b66320e1..36594d381f 100644
--- a/util/coroutine-ucontext.c
+++ b/util/coroutine-ucontext.c
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ Coroutine *qemu_coroutine_new(void)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_VALGRIND_H
-#if defined(CONFIG_PRAGMA_DIAGNOSTIC_AVAILABLE) && !defined(__clang__)
 /* Work around an unused variable in the valgrind.h macro... */
+#if !defined(__clang__)
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-but-set-variable"
 #endif
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static inline void valgrind_stack_deregister(CoroutineUContext *co)
 {
     VALGRIND_STACK_DEREGISTER(co->valgrind_stack_id);
 }
-#if defined(CONFIG_PRAGMA_DIAGNOSTIC_AVAILABLE) && !defined(__clang__)
+#if !defined(__clang__)
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 #endif
 #endif
