diff --git a/include/boost/config.hpp b/include/boost/config.hpp
index 88b3e1e7..e9dfdac3 100644
--- a/include/boost/config.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config.hpp
@@ -256,8 +256,7 @@
 #   if __GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ <= 8
 #     define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATES
 #   endif
-#   if (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 97) || __GNUC__ > 2
-      // upcoming gcc 3.0
+#   if __GNUC__ >= 3
 #     include <iterator>
 #     if defined(__GLIBCPP__)
         // The new GNU C++ library has slist, hash_map, hash_set headers