diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 7a108b1d04..369e22b762 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -142,9 +142,6 @@
           'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS': 'NO',        # -fno-exceptions
           'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_RTTI': 'NO',              # -fno-rtti
           'GCC_ENABLE_PASCAL_STRINGS': 'NO',        # No -mpascal-strings
-          # GCC_INLINES_ARE_PRIVATE_EXTERN maps to -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
-          'GCC_INLINES_ARE_PRIVATE_EXTERN': 'YES',
-          'GCC_SYMBOLS_PRIVATE_EXTERN': 'YES',      # -fvisibility=hidden
           'GCC_THREADSAFE_STATICS': 'NO',           # -fno-threadsafe-statics
           'GCC_VERSION': '4.2',
           'GCC_WARN_ABOUT_MISSING_NEWLINE': 'YES',  # -Wnewline-eof