diff --git a/libretro-common/include/retro_endianness.h b/libretro-common/include/retro_endianness.h
index 1201e8fece..2c952c04d1 100644
--- a/libretro-common/include/retro_endianness.h
+++ b/libretro-common/include/retro_endianness.h
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-#if defined(__llvm__) || (defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ * 100 + __GNUC_MINOR__) >= 408)
-#define SWAP16 __builtin_bswap16
-#define SWAP32 __builtin_bswap32
-#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
 #define SWAP16 _byteswap_ushort
 #define SWAP32 _byteswap_ulong
 #else