diff --git a/MozillaFirefox.changes b/MozillaFirefox.changes
index ea8bc02..f04d6e6 100644
--- a/MozillaFirefox.changes
+++ b/MozillaFirefox.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 25 16:36:23 UTC 2016 - badshah400@gmail.com
+
+- The conditional testing for gcc was failing for different
+  openSUSE versions, drop it and apply patches unconditionally.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May 23 15:30:27 UTC 2016 - badshah400@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/MozillaFirefox.spec b/MozillaFirefox.spec
index bd1b831..377a1e4 100644
--- a/MozillaFirefox.spec
+++ b/MozillaFirefox.spec
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@
 %define crashreporter 1
 %endif
 
-# DETERMINE GCC VERSION TO KNOW WHEN TO APPLY PATCH15 AND PATCH16
-%define gcc_ver %(rpm -q --whatprovides --qf '%%{version}' gcc)
-
 Name:           %{pkgname}
 BuildRequires:  Mesa-devel
 BuildRequires:  autoconf213
@@ -291,10 +288,8 @@ cd $RPM_BUILD_DIR/mozilla
 %patch13 -p1
 %endif
 %patch14 -p1
-%if %{gcc_ver} >= 6
 %patch15 -p1
 %patch16 -p1
-%endif
 # Firefox
 %patch101 -p1
 %patch102 -p1