[build] Remove obsolete check for GNU as version 2.9.1

Reported-by: Dewey Hylton <dewey@hyltown.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
ipxe · Dec 21, 2013 · 6ef1f51 · 6ef1f51
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diff --git a/src/Makefile.housekeeping b/src/Makefile.housekeeping
@@ -146,13 +146,6 @@ define NEWLINE
 
 endef
 
-# Check for an old version of gas (binutils 2.9.1)
-#
-OLDGAS	:= $(shell $(AS) --version | grep -q '2\.9\.1' && $(ECHO) -DGAS291)
-WORKAROUND_CFLAGS += $(OLDGAS)
-oldgas :
-	@$(ECHO) $(oldgas)
-
 # Some widespread patched versions of gcc include -fstack-protector by
 # default, even when -ffreestanding is specified.  We therefore need
 # to disable -fstack-protector if the compiler supports it.