diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b78eb63f1d57c676865a1a656c39052126d442a7..22bdb718ff7ab85dfa80227d17564fd8830ac538 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ function(append_if condition value)
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
-if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" OR
-    CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "AppleClang")
-  check_cxx_compiler_flag("-fvisibility-inlines-hidden" SUPPORTS_FVISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN_FLAG)
-  append_if(SUPPORTS_FVISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN_FLAG "-fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS)
-endif()
+#if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" OR
+#    CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" OR
+#    CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "AppleClang")
+#  check_cxx_compiler_flag("-fvisibility-inlines-hidden" SUPPORTS_FVISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN_FLAG)
+#  append_if(SUPPORTS_FVISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN_FLAG "-fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS)
+#endif()
 
 if(UNIX)
   #set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=gnu++0x")