diff --git a/src/basic/static-destruct.h b/src/basic/static-destruct.h
index 5772d24240..00087ad779 100644
--- a/src/basic/static-destruct.h
+++ b/src/basic/static-destruct.h
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ typedef void (*free_func_t)(void *p);
  * variables declared in .so's, as the list is private to the same linking unit. But maybe that's a good thing. */
 
 #define _common_static_destruct_attrs_                                  \
-        /* Older compilers don't know "retain" attribute. */            \
-        _Pragma("GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wattributes\"")              \
         /* The actual destructor structure we place in a special section to find it. */ \
         _section_("SYSTEMD_STATIC_DESTRUCT")                            \
         /* Use pointer alignment, since that is apparently what gcc does for static variables. */ \
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-error.h b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-error.h
index ac3c90c0d3..5aca67f006 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-error.h
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-error.h
@@ -31,12 +31,10 @@ const char* _bus_error_message(const sd_bus_error *e, int error, char buf[static
  * the error map is really added to the final binary.
  *
  * In addition, set the retain attribute so that the section cannot be
- * discarded by ld --gc-sections -z start-stop-gc. Older compilers would
- * warn for the unknown attribute, so just disable -Wattributes.
+ * discarded by ld --gc-sections -z start-stop-gc.
  */
 
 #define BUS_ERROR_MAP_ELF_REGISTER                                      \
-        _Pragma("GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wattributes\"")              \
         _section_("SYSTEMD_BUS_ERROR_MAP")                              \
         _used_                                                          \
         _retain_                                                        \
diff --git a/src/shared/tests.h b/src/shared/tests.h
index ae57cab386..4e1bfad86d 100644
--- a/src/shared/tests.h
+++ b/src/shared/tests.h
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ typedef struct TestFunc {
 
 /* See static-destruct.h for an explanation of how this works. */
 #define REGISTER_TEST(func, ...)                                                                        \
-        _Pragma("GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wattributes\"")                                              \
         _section_("SYSTEMD_TEST_TABLE") _alignptr_ _used_ _retain_ _variable_no_sanitize_address_       \
         static const TestFunc UNIQ_T(static_test_table_entry, UNIQ) = {                                 \
                 .f = (union f) &(func),                                                                 \