Drop explicit GCC invocation for version check (of 3.3.5...).
Adapted from https://753605.bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=773618
--- a/checkit
+++ b/checkit
@@ -47,20 +47,6 @@
 }
 
 #echo
-echo GCC version $gccmin or later is required
-gcc -v 1>foo1 2>foo2
-V=`cat foo1 foo2 | cut -d' ' -f1-3 | grep -i version | tr '-' ' ' | cut -d' ' -f 3`
-rm -f foo1 foo2
-if [ -z "$V" ]; then
-	echo gcc is not present
-	ret=1
-else
-	vers_min $V $gccmin
-	echo gcc version $V
-	if [ $rc = 0 ]; then echo OKAY; else echo ERROR; ret=1; fi
-fi
-
-echo
 echo AS86 version $bccmin or later is required
 as86 -v 1>foo1 2>foo2
 A=`cat foo1 foo2 | grep version | cut -d " " -f 3`