diff --git a/libcxx/docs/DesignDocs/VisibilityMacros.rst b/libcxx/docs/DesignDocs/VisibilityMacros.rst
index d0d4f0adb2206..20237b74de6a0 100644
--- a/libcxx/docs/DesignDocs/VisibilityMacros.rst
+++ b/libcxx/docs/DesignDocs/VisibilityMacros.rst
@@ -131,12 +131,6 @@ Visibility Macros
   specified on the primary template and to export the member functions produced
   by the explicit instantiation in the dylib.
 
-  **GCC Behavior**: GCC ignores visibility attributes applied the type in
-  extern template declarations and applying an attribute results in a warning.
-  However since `_LIBCPP_TEMPLATE_VIS` is the same as
-  `__attribute__((visibility("default"))` the visibility is already correct.
-  The macro has an empty definition with GCC.
-
   **Windows Behavior**: `extern template` and `dllexport` are fundamentally
   incompatible *on a class template* on Windows; the former suppresses
   instantiation, while the latter forces it. Specifying both on the same
diff --git a/libcxx/include/__config b/libcxx/include/__config
index f1606c6d3b1c9..a6ed66857d75a 100644
--- a/libcxx/include/__config
+++ b/libcxx/include/__config
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ typedef __char32_t char32_t;
 #endif
 
 #ifndef _LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_TYPE_VIS
-#  if !defined(_LIBCPP_DISABLE_VISIBILITY_ANNOTATIONS) && __has_attribute(__type_visibility__)
+#  if !defined(_LIBCPP_DISABLE_VISIBILITY_ANNOTATIONS)
 #    define _LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_TYPE_VIS __attribute__ ((__visibility__("default")))
 #  else
 #    define _LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_TYPE_VIS