diff --git a/src/kits/tracker/FSUtils.cpp b/src/kits/tracker/FSUtils.cpp
index df3ecdbbc5..fdcae3ae1a 100644
--- a/src/kits/tracker/FSUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/tracker/FSUtils.cpp
@@ -2375,6 +2375,7 @@ FSGetTrashDir(BDirectory *trashDir, dev_t dev)
 }
 
 
+#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
@@ -2384,6 +2385,7 @@ FSGetDeskDir(BDirectory *deskDir, dev_t)
 	// than /boot, redirect to FSGetDeskDir ignoring the volume argument
 	return FSGetDeskDir(deskDir);
 }
+#endif
 
 
 status_t
diff --git a/src/kits/tracker/FSUtils.h b/src/kits/tracker/FSUtils.h
index 6191535037..a52e60ecea 100644
--- a/src/kits/tracker/FSUtils.h
+++ b/src/kits/tracker/FSUtils.h
@@ -195,8 +195,6 @@ _IMPEXP_TRACKER status_t FSCreateNewFolderIn(const node_ref *destDir, entry_ref
 	node_ref *new_node);
 _IMPEXP_TRACKER void FSCreateTrashDirs();
 _IMPEXP_TRACKER status_t FSGetTrashDir(BDirectory *trashDir, dev_t volume);
-// obsolete version of FSGetDeskDir kept for binary compat reasons
-_IMPEXP_TRACKER status_t FSGetDeskDir(BDirectory *deskDir, dev_t volume);
 _IMPEXP_TRACKER status_t FSGetDeskDir(BDirectory *deskDir);
 _IMPEXP_TRACKER status_t FSRecursiveCalcSize(BInfoWindow *,
 	CopyLoopControl* loopControl, BDirectory *, off_t *runningSize,