diff --git a/uwsgiconfig.py b/uwsgiconfig.py
index 84e8ef15..5db535df 100644
--- a/uwsgiconfig.py
+++ b/uwsgiconfig.py
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ class uConf(object):
         # add -fno-strict-aliasing only on python2 and gcc < 4.3
         if gcc_major >= 4:
             self.cflags = self.cflags + [ '-Wextra', '-Wno-unused-parameter', '-Wno-missing-field-initializers' ]
-        if (gcc_major == 4 and gcc_minor >= 8) or gcc_major > 4:
+        if gcc_major == 4 and gcc_minor < 9:
             self.cflags.append('-Wno-format -Wno-format-security')
 
         self.ldflags = os.environ.get("LDFLAGS", "").split()