diff --git a/britney2/policies/autopkgtest.py b/britney2/policies/autopkgtest.py
index 52377b0..1e687c0 100644
--- a/britney2/policies/autopkgtest.py
+++ b/britney2/policies/autopkgtest.py
@@ -610,29 +610,6 @@ class AutopkgtestPolicy(BasePolicy):
 
         tests = []
 
-        # gcc-N triggers tons of tests via libgcc1, but this is mostly in vain:
-        # gcc already tests itself during build, and it is being used from
-        # -proposed, so holding it back on a dozen unrelated test failures
-        # serves no purpose. Just check some key packages which actually use
-        # gcc during the test, and doxygen as an example for a libgcc user.
-        if src.startswith('gcc-'):
-            if re.match(r'gcc-\d$', src) or src == 'gcc-defaults':
-                # add gcc's own tests, if it has any
-                srcinfo = source_suite.sources[src]
-                if 'autopkgtest' in srcinfo.testsuite:
-                    tests.append((src, ver))
-                for test in ['binutils', 'fglrx-installer', 'doxygen', 'linux']:
-                    try:
-                        tests.append((test, sources_info[test].version))
-                    except KeyError:
-                        # no package in that series? *shrug*, then not (mostly for testing)
-                        pass
-                return tests
-            else:
-                # for other compilers such as gcc-snapshot etc. we don't need
-                # to trigger anything
-                return []
-
         # Debian doesn't have linux-meta, but Ubuntu does
         # for linux themselves we don't want to trigger tests -- these should
         # all come from linux-meta*. A new kernel ABI without a corresponding
diff --git a/tests/test_autopkgtest.py b/tests/test_autopkgtest.py
index ff083f7..89c24f2 100644
--- a/tests/test_autopkgtest.py
+++ b/tests/test_autopkgtest.py
@@ -2151,24 +2151,6 @@ class T(TestBase):
     # Tests for special-cased packages
     ################################################################
 
-    def test_gcc(self):
-        '''gcc only triggers some key packages'''
-
-        self.data.add('binutils', False, {}, testsuite='autopkgtest')
-        self.data.add('linux', False, {}, testsuite='autopkgtest')
-        self.data.add('notme', False, {'Depends': 'libgcc1'}, testsuite='autopkgtest')
-
-        # binutils has passed before on i386 only, therefore ALWAYSFAIL on amd64
-        self.swift.set_results({'autopkgtest-testing': {
-            'testing/i386/b/binutils/20150101_100000@': (0, 'binutils 1', tr('passedbefore/1')),
-        }})
-
-        exc = self.run_it(
-            [('libgcc1', {'Source': 'gcc-5', 'Version': '2'}, None)],
-            {'gcc-5': (False, {'binutils': {'amd64': 'RUNNING-ALWAYSFAIL', 'i386': 'RUNNING'},
-                               'linux': {'amd64': 'RUNNING-ALWAYSFAIL', 'i386': 'RUNNING-ALWAYSFAIL'}})})[1]
-        self.assertNotIn('notme 1', exc['gcc-5']['policy_info']['autopkgtest'])
-
     def test_gcc_hastest(self):
         """gcc triggers itself when it has a testsuite"""
 
@@ -2184,17 +2166,6 @@ class T(TestBase):
             {'gcc-7': (True, {'gcc-7': {'amd64': 'RUNNING-ALWAYSFAIL', 'i386': 'RUNNING-ALWAYSFAIL'}})})[1]
         self.assertIn('gcc-7', exc['gcc-7']['policy_info']['autopkgtest'])
 
-    def test_alternative_gcc(self):
-        '''alternative gcc does not trigger anything'''
-
-        self.data.add('binutils', False, {}, testsuite='autopkgtest')
-        self.data.add('notme', False, {'Depends': 'libgcc1'}, testsuite='autopkgtest')
-
-        exc = self.run_it(
-            [('libgcc1', {'Source': 'gcc-snapshot', 'Version': '2'}, None)],
-            {'gcc-snapshot': (True, {})})[1]
-        self.assertEqual(exc['gcc-snapshot']['policy_info']['autopkgtest'], {'verdict': 'PASS'})
-
     ################################################################
     # Tests for non-default ADT_* configuration modes
     ################################################################