diff --git a/tests/bases.cpp b/tests/bases.cpp
index 7daa688..c7e11a6 100644
--- a/tests/bases.cpp
+++ b/tests/bases.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 // Old versions of GCC don't have the correct trait names. Could fix them up if needs be.
 #if (defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ <= 9 &&              \
      !defined(__clang__))
+// nothing for now
+#else
 TEST_CASE("Triviality", "[bases.triviality]") {
     REQUIRE(std::is_trivially_copy_constructible<tl::optional<int>>::value);
     REQUIRE(std::is_trivially_copy_assignable<tl::optional<int>>::value);