diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/digitalmars.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/digitalmars.hpp
index 589ca663..defa0939 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/digitalmars.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/digitalmars.hpp
@@ -11,14 +11,7 @@
 #define BOOST_HAS_LONG_LONG
 #define BOOST_HAS_PRAGMA_ONCE
 
-#if (__DMC__ <= 0x833)
-#define BOOST_FUNCTION_SCOPE_USING_DECLARATION_BREAKS_ADL
-#define BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_TEMPLATES
-#define BOOST_NEEDS_TOKEN_PASTING_OP_FOR_TOKENS_JUXTAPOSING
-#define BOOST_NO_ARRAY_TYPE_SPECIALIZATIONS
-#define BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENTS
-#endif
-#if (__DMC__ <= 0x840) || !defined(BOOST_STRICT_CONFIG)
+#if !defined(BOOST_STRICT_CONFIG)
 #define BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENTS
 #define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATE_FRIENDS
 #define BOOST_NO_OPERATORS_IN_NAMESPACE
@@ -30,11 +23,9 @@
 
 //
 // has macros:
-#if (__DMC__ >= 0x840)
 #define BOOST_HAS_DIRENT_H
 #define BOOST_HAS_STDINT_H
 #define BOOST_HAS_WINTHREADS
-#endif
 
 #if (__DMC__ >= 0x847)
 #define BOOST_HAS_EXPM1
@@ -91,11 +82,7 @@
 #define BOOST_NO_CXX11_TRAILING_RESULT_TYPES
 #define BOOST_NO_CXX11_INLINE_NAMESPACES
 
-#if (__DMC__ < 0x812)
-#define BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_MACROS
-#endif
-
-#if __DMC__ < 0x800
+#if (__DMC__ <= 0x840)
 #error "Compiler not supported or configured - please reconfigure"
 #endif
 //
diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc.hpp
index 628b1624..9e4df21e 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc.hpp
@@ -20,51 +20,12 @@
 #define BOOST_GCC (__GNUC__ * 10000 + __GNUC_MINOR__ * 100 + __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__)
 #endif
 
-#if __GNUC__ < 3
-#   if __GNUC_MINOR__ == 91
-       // egcs 1.1 won't parse shared_ptr.hpp without this:
-#      define BOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR
-#   endif
-#   if __GNUC_MINOR__ < 95
-      //
-      // Prior to gcc 2.95 member templates only partly
-      // work - define BOOST_MSVC6_MEMBER_TEMPLATES
-      // instead since inline member templates mostly work.
-      //
-#     define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATES
-#     if __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 9
-#       define BOOST_MSVC6_MEMBER_TEMPLATES
-#     endif
-#   endif
-
-#   if __GNUC_MINOR__ < 96
-#     define BOOST_NO_SFINAE
-#   endif
-
-#   if __GNUC_MINOR__ <= 97
-#     define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATE_FRIENDS
-#     define BOOST_NO_OPERATORS_IN_NAMESPACE
-#   endif
-
-#   define BOOST_NO_USING_DECLARATION_OVERLOADS_FROM_TYPENAME_BASE
-#   define BOOST_FUNCTION_SCOPE_USING_DECLARATION_BREAKS_ADL
-#   define BOOST_NO_IS_ABSTRACT
-#   define BOOST_NO_CXX11_EXTERN_TEMPLATE
-// Variadic macros do not exist for gcc versions before 3.0
-#   define BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_MACROS
-#elif __GNUC__ == 3
+#if __GNUC__ == 3
 #  if defined (__PATHSCALE__)
 #     define BOOST_NO_TWO_PHASE_NAME_LOOKUP
 #     define BOOST_NO_IS_ABSTRACT
 #  endif
-   //
-   // gcc-3.x problems:
-   //
-   // Bug specific to gcc 3.1 and 3.2:
-   //
-#  if ((__GNUC_MINOR__ == 1) || (__GNUC_MINOR__ == 2))
-#     define BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENTS
-#  endif
+
 #  if __GNUC_MINOR__ < 4
 #     define BOOST_NO_IS_ABSTRACT
 #  endif
@@ -119,9 +80,7 @@
 //
 // gcc implements the named return value optimization since version 3.1
 //
-#if __GNUC__ > 3 || ( __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1 )
 #define BOOST_HAS_NRVO
-#endif
 
 // Branch prediction hints
 #define BOOST_LIKELY(x) __builtin_expect(x, 1)
@@ -284,7 +243,7 @@
 
 // versions check:
 // we don't know gcc prior to version 2.90:
-#if (__GNUC__ == 2) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ < 90)
+#if (__GNUC__ < 3) || (__GNUC__ == 3 && (__GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
 #  error "Compiler not configured - please reconfigure"
 #endif
 //
diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp
index f6ce03ad..99842c9f 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@
 #  define BOOST_INTEL_LINUX BOOST_INTEL
 #endif
 
-#if (BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION <= 500) && defined(_MSC_VER)
-#  define BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENTS
-#  define BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_TEMPLATES
-#endif
-
 #if (BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION <= 600)
 
 #  if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER <= 1300) // added check for <= VC 7 (Peter Dimov)
@@ -164,8 +159,8 @@ template<> struct assert_intrinsic_wchar_t<unsigned short> {};
 
 //
 // versions check:
-// we don't support Intel prior to version 5.0:
-#if BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION < 500
+// we don't support Intel prior to version 6.0:
+#if BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION < 600
 #  error "Compiler not supported or configured - please reconfigure"
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
index 412de25e..46322ea5 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
@@ -34,70 +34,18 @@
 // Attempt to suppress VC6 warnings about the length of decorated names (obsolete):
 #pragma warning( disable : 4503 ) // warning: decorated name length exceeded
 
-#if _MSC_VER >= 1020
-#  define BOOST_HAS_PRAGMA_ONCE
-#endif
+#define BOOST_HAS_PRAGMA_ONCE
 
 //
 // versions check:
-// we don't support Visual C++ prior to version 6:
-#if _MSC_VER < 1200
+// we don't support Visual C++ prior to version 7.1:
+#if _MSC_VER < 1310
 #  error "Compiler not supported or configured - please reconfigure"
 #endif
 
-#if _MSC_VER < 1300  // 1200 == VC++ 6.0, 1200-1202 == eVC++4
-#  pragma warning( disable : 4786 ) // ident trunc to '255' chars in debug info
-#  define BOOST_NO_DEPENDENT_TYPES_IN_TEMPLATE_VALUE_PARAMETERS
-#  define BOOST_NO_VOID_RETURNS
-#  define BOOST_NO_EXCEPTION_STD_NAMESPACE
-
-#  if _MSC_VER == 1202
-#    define BOOST_NO_STD_TYPEINFO
-#  endif
-
-#endif
-
 /// Visual Studio has no fenv.h
 #define BOOST_NO_FENV_H
 
-#if (_MSC_VER < 1310)  // 130X == VC++ 7.0
-
-#  if !defined(_MSC_EXTENSIONS) && !defined(BOOST_NO_DEPENDENT_TYPES_IN_TEMPLATE_VALUE_PARAMETERS)      // VC7 bug with /Za
-#    define BOOST_NO_DEPENDENT_TYPES_IN_TEMPLATE_VALUE_PARAMETERS
-#  endif
-
-#  define BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENTS
-#  define BOOST_NO_INCLASS_MEMBER_INITIALIZATION
-#  define BOOST_NO_PRIVATE_IN_AGGREGATE
-#  define BOOST_NO_ARGUMENT_DEPENDENT_LOOKUP
-#  define BOOST_NO_INTEGRAL_INT64_T
-#  define BOOST_NO_DEDUCED_TYPENAME
-#  define BOOST_NO_USING_DECLARATION_OVERLOADS_FROM_TYPENAME_BASE
-
-//    VC++ 6/7 has member templates but they have numerous problems including
-//    cases of silent failure, so for safety we define:
-#  define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATES
-//    For VC++ experts wishing to attempt workarounds, we define:
-#  define BOOST_MSVC6_MEMBER_TEMPLATES
-
-#  define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATE_FRIENDS
-#  define BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION
-#  define BOOST_NO_CV_VOID_SPECIALIZATIONS
-#  define BOOST_NO_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ORDERING
-#  define BOOST_NO_USING_TEMPLATE
-#  define BOOST_NO_SWPRINTF
-#  define BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_TEMPLATES
-#  define BOOST_NO_SFINAE
-#  define BOOST_NO_POINTER_TO_MEMBER_TEMPLATE_PARAMETERS
-#  define BOOST_NO_IS_ABSTRACT
-#  define BOOST_NO_FUNCTION_TYPE_SPECIALIZATIONS
-// TODO: what version is meant here? Have there really been any fixes in cl 12.01 (as e.g. shipped with eVC4)?
-#  if (_MSC_VER >= 1300)
-#     define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_FUNCTION_SPECIALIZATIONS
-#  endif
-
-#endif
-
 #if _MSC_VER < 1400
 // although a conforming signature for swprint exists in VC7.1
 // it appears not to actually work:
@@ -161,10 +109,8 @@
 //
 // __int64 support:
 //
-#if (_MSC_VER >= 1200)
-#   define BOOST_HAS_MS_INT64
-#endif
-#if (_MSC_VER >= 1310) && (defined(_MSC_EXTENSIONS) || (_MSC_VER >= 1400))
+#define BOOST_HAS_MS_INT64
+#if defined(_MSC_EXTENSIONS) || (_MSC_VER >= 1400)
 #   define BOOST_HAS_LONG_LONG
 #else
 #   define BOOST_NO_LONG_LONG
@@ -268,11 +214,7 @@
 // were shipped with freely downloadable SDKs, others as crosscompilers in eVC.
 // IOW, you can't use these 'versions' in any sensible way. Sorry.
 # if defined(UNDER_CE)
-#   if _MSC_VER < 1200
-      // Note: these are so far off, they are not really supported
-#   elif _MSC_VER < 1300 // eVC++ 4 comes with 1200-1202
-#     define BOOST_COMPILER_VERSION evc4.0
-#   elif _MSC_VER < 1400
+#   if _MSC_VER < 1400
       // Note: I'm not aware of any CE compiler with version 13xx
 #      if defined(BOOST_ASSERT_CONFIG)
 #         error "Unknown EVC++ compiler version - please run the configure tests and report the results"
@@ -295,14 +237,7 @@
 #      endif
 #   endif
 # else
-#   if _MSC_VER < 1200
-      // Note: these are so far off, they are not really supported
-#     define BOOST_COMPILER_VERSION 5.0
-#   elif _MSC_VER < 1300
-#       define BOOST_COMPILER_VERSION 6.0
-#   elif _MSC_VER < 1310
-#     define BOOST_COMPILER_VERSION 7.0
-#   elif _MSC_VER < 1400
+#   if _MSC_VER < 1400
 #     define BOOST_COMPILER_VERSION 7.1
 #   elif _MSC_VER < 1500
 #     define BOOST_COMPILER_VERSION 8.0