--- old/src/share/vm/adlc/adlc.hpp	2011-02-10 13:17:50.201383900 +0100
+++ new/src/share/vm/adlc/adlc.hpp	2011-02-10 13:17:49.868364800 +0100
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@
 using namespace std;
 #endif
 
-// make sure the MSC_VER and _MSC_VER settings make sense
-#if _MSC_VER != MSC_VER && (_MSC_VER != 1400 || MSC_VER != 1399)
-#error "Something is wrong with the detection of MSC_VER in the makefiles"
-#endif
-
 #if _MSC_VER >= 1400
 #define strdup _strdup
 #endif