diff --git a/gui/translationhandler.cpp b/gui/translationhandler.cpp
index 45d48c334..e14577d6e 100644
--- a/gui/translationhandler.cpp
+++ b/gui/translationhandler.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "translationhandler.h"
 
 
-static void unused() __attribute__((unused));
 // Provide own translations for standard buttons. This (garbage) code is needed to enforce them to appear in .ts files even after "lupdate gui.pro"
 static void unused()
 {
diff --git a/gui/translationhandler.h b/gui/translationhandler.h
index f259ab24e..e94c13105 100644
--- a/gui/translationhandler.h
+++ b/gui/translationhandler.h
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
 #include <QTranslator>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QList>
-#ifndef __GNUC__
-#define __attribute__(A)
-#endif
+
 /// @addtogroup GUI
 /// @{
 
diff --git a/lib/config.h b/lib/config.h
index 05d5dab75..c30782c9e 100644
--- a/lib/config.h
+++ b/lib/config.h
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 #  include <crtdbg.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifndef __GNUC__
-#define __attribute__(A)
-#endif
 #include <string>
 static const std::string emptyString;
 
diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.h b/lib/symboldatabase.h
index 6bb228a76..72318b18f 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.h
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.h
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ private:
      * Send error message to error logger about internal bug.
      * @param tok the token that this bug concerns.
      */
-    void cppcheckError(const Token *tok) const __attribute__((noreturn));
+    void cppcheckError(const Token *tok);
 
     /** Whether iName is a keyword as defined in http://en.cppreference.com/w/c/keyword and http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/keyword*/
     bool isReservedName(const std::string& iName) const;
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.h b/lib/tokenize.h
index d5746e632..01b7b9eb3 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.h
+++ b/lib/tokenize.h
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@
 #include <list>
 #include <ctime>
 
-#ifndef __GNUC__
-#define __attribute__(A)
-#endif
-
 class Settings;
 class SymbolDatabase;
 class TimerResults;
@@ -585,7 +581,7 @@ private:
      * Send error message to error logger about internal bug.
      * @param tok the token that this bug concerns.
      */
-    void cppcheckError(const Token *tok) const __attribute__((noreturn));
+    void cppcheckError(const Token *tok) const;
 
     /**
      * Setup links for tokens so that one can call Token::link().
@@ -600,10 +596,10 @@ private:
 public:
 
     /** Syntax error */
-    void syntaxError(const Token *tok) const __attribute__((noreturn));
+    void syntaxError(const Token *tok) const;
 
     /** Syntax error. Example: invalid number of ')' */
-    void syntaxError(const Token *tok, char c) const __attribute__((noreturn));
+    void syntaxError(const Token *tok, char c) const;
 
 private: