diff --git a/src/kits/tracker/FSUtils.cpp b/src/kits/tracker/FSUtils.cpp
index fdcae3ae1a..732f9c91f8 100644
--- a/src/kits/tracker/FSUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/tracker/FSUtils.cpp
@@ -2375,7 +2375,7 @@ FSGetTrashDir(BDirectory *trashDir, dev_t dev)
 }
 
 
-#if __GNUC__ && __GNUC__ <3
+#if __GNUC__ && __GNUC__ < 3
 // obsolete version of FSGetDeskDir retained for bin compat with
 // BeIDE and a few other apps that apparently use it
 status_t