diff --git a/include/lighttpd/settings.h b/include/lighttpd/settings.h
index 6b45f06..15a0a01 100644
--- a/include/lighttpd/settings.h
+++ b/include/lighttpd/settings.h
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@
 #include <lighttpd/sys_memory.h>
 #include <lighttpd/sys_socket.h>
 
+#if 0
+/* on "old" gcc versions (4.1?) poison also hits struct members */
 #if( 2 < __GNUC__ )
 #pragma GCC poison strtok asctime ctime tmpnam strerror
 #ifdef HAVE_LOCALTIME_R
@@ -225,5 +227,6 @@
 #pragma GCC poison gmtime
 #endif
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #endif