diff --git a/include/wx/defs.h b/include/wx/defs.h
index d86fbe57bb..261360c6f3 100644
--- a/include/wx/defs.h
+++ b/include/wx/defs.h
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class WXDLLEXPORT wxEvent;
 #endif
 
 // Macro to issue warning when using deprecated functions with gcc3 or MSVC7:
-#if wxCHECK_GCC_VERSION(3, 0)
+#if wxCHECK_GCC_VERSION(3, 1)
     #define wxDEPRECATED(x) x __attribute__ ((deprecated))
 #elif defined(__VISUALC__) && (__VISUALC__ >= 1300)
     #define wxDEPRECATED(x) __declspec(deprecated) x