diff --git a/cmake/ApiValidation.cmake b/cmake/ApiValidation.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 69451b7db2..0000000000
--- a/cmake/ApiValidation.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-set(wx_sdl_c_code "
-#include <wx/setup.h>
-
-#if (wxUSE_LIBSDL == 0)
-#error cmake_WX_SDL
-#endif
-
-int main()
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-")
-
-set(gcc7_mmx_code "
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <xmmintrin.h>
-#include <emmintrin.h>
-
-class alignas(16) GSVector4i
-{
-public:
-	__m128i m;
-
-	explicit GSVector4i(__m128i m)
-	{
-		this->m = m;
-	}
-
-	static void storel(void* p, const GSVector4i& v)
-	{
-		_mm_storel_epi64((__m128i*)p, v.m);
-	}
-
-	static GSVector4i loadl(const void* p)
-	{
-		return GSVector4i(_mm_loadl_epi64((__m128i*)p));
-	}
-
-	bool eq(const GSVector4i& v) const
-	{
-		return _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_cmpeq_epi32(m, v.m)) == 0xffff;
-	}
-};
-
-
-union GIFRegTRXPOS
-{
-	unsigned long long u64;
-	void operator = (const GSVector4i& v) {GSVector4i::storel(this, v);}
-	bool operator != (const union GIFRegTRXPOS& r) const {return !((GSVector4i)r).eq(*this);}
-	operator GSVector4i() const {return GSVector4i::loadl(this);}
-};
-
-extern GIFRegTRXPOS	TRXPOS;
-GIFRegTRXPOS TRXPOS = {};
-
-void GIFRegHandlerTRXPOS(const GIFRegTRXPOS&  p)
-{
-	if(p != TRXPOS)
-	{
-		printf(\"foo\");
-	}
-
-	TRXPOS = (GSVector4i)p;
-}
-
-int main()
-{
-	GIFRegTRXPOS r = {};
-	GIFRegHandlerTRXPOS(r);
-
-	uint16_t fpu[16] = {0};
-	__asm__ __volatile__(\"fstenv %0\" : \"=m\"(fpu));
-
-	bool ok = fpu[4] == 0xFFFF;
-
-	if (!ok) {
-		printf(\"Wrong MMX state !\");
-		exit(1);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-")
-
-function(GCC7_BUG)
-	# try_run doesn't work when cross-compiling is enabled. It is completely silly in our case
-	# as i386 binaries are 100% fine on x64.
-	set(OLD_CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING ${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING})
-	set(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING 0)
-
-	set(IN "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gcc7_mmx.cpp")
-	file(WRITE "${IN}" "${gcc7_mmx_code}")
-
-	enable_language(CXX)
-
-	try_run(
-		run_result
-		compile_result_unused
-		"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
-		"${IN}"
-		CMAKE_FLAGS "-DCOMPILE_DEFINITIONS:STRING=-msse -msse2 -O2 -m32 -march=i686"
-	)
-
-	if (${run_result})
-		message(FATAL_ERROR "GCC 7.0/7.1  generates invalid code => https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80799\n"
-			"You can either backport the fix or swith to another version of GCC.")
-	endif()
-
-	set(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING ${OLD_CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING})
-
-endfunction()
diff --git a/cmake/FindVtune.cmake b/cmake/FindVtune.cmake
index 4d8a9ebf5d..e3327f2cdc 100644
--- a/cmake/FindVtune.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindVtune.cmake
@@ -12,21 +12,12 @@ find_path(VTUNE_INCLUDE_DIRS NAMES jitprofiling.h PATHS
 	/opt/intel/vtune_amplifier_xe_2016/include
 )
 
-if(${PCSX2_TARGET_ARCHITECTURES} MATCHES "i386")
-	find_library(VTUNE_LIBRARIES NAMES libjitprofiling.a PATHS
-		/opt/intel/oneapi/vtune/latest/lib32
-		/opt/intel/vtune_amplifier_xe_2018/lib32
-		/opt/intel/vtune_amplifier_xe_2017/lib32
-		/opt/intel/vtune_amplifier_xe_2016/lib32
-	)
-else()
-	find_library(VTUNE_LIBRARIES NAMES libjitprofiling.a PATHS
-		/opt/intel/oneapi/vtune/latest/lib64
-		/opt/intel/vtune_amplifier_xe_2018/lib64
-		/opt/intel/vtune_amplifier_xe_2017/lib64
-		/opt/intel/vtune_amplifier_xe_2016/lib64
-	)
-endif()
+find_library(VTUNE_LIBRARIES NAMES libjitprofiling.a PATHS
+	/opt/intel/oneapi/vtune/latest/lib64
+	/opt/intel/vtune_amplifier_xe_2018/lib64
+	/opt/intel/vtune_amplifier_xe_2017/lib64
+	/opt/intel/vtune_amplifier_xe_2016/lib64
+)
 
 # handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set VTUNE_FOUND to TRUE if
 # all listed variables are TRUE
@@ -41,4 +32,3 @@ if(VTUNE_LIBRARIES AND NOT TARGET Vtune::Vtune)
 endif()
 
 mark_as_advanced(VTUNE_FOUND VTUNE_INCLUDE_DIRS VTUNE_LIBRARIES)
-
diff --git a/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake b/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
index 260bc6d4a8..d39696cc12 100644
--- a/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
@@ -102,18 +102,7 @@ if(ENABLE_TESTS)
 	endif()
 endif()
 
-#----------------------------------------
-# Check correctness of the parameter
-# Note: wxWidgets_INCLUDE_DIRS must be defined
-#----------------------------------------
-include(ApiValidation)
-
-# Blacklist bad GCC
-if(GCC_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "7.0" OR GCC_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "7.1")
-	GCC7_BUG()
-endif()
-
-if((GCC_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "9.0" OR GCC_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "9.0") AND GCC_VERSION LESS "9.2")
+if(GCC_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "9.0" AND GCC_VERSION VERSION_LESS "9.2")
 	message(WARNING "
 	It looks like you are compiling with 9.0.x or 9.1.x. Using these versions is not recommended,
 	as there is a bug known to cause the compiler to segfault while compiling. See patch