diff --git a/src/ca/client/tcpiiu.cpp b/src/ca/client/tcpiiu.cpp
index 13c8df619..377e3ac3c 100644
--- a/src/ca/client/tcpiiu.cpp
+++ b/src/ca/client/tcpiiu.cpp
@@ -1275,9 +1275,6 @@ bool tcpiiu::processIncoming (
         this->msgHeaderAvailable = false;
         this->curDataBytes = 0u;
     }
-#   if defined ( __HP_aCC ) && _HP_aCC <= 033300
-        return false; // to make hpux compiler happy...
-#   endif
 }
 
 void tcpiiu::hostNameSetRequest ( epicsGuard < epicsMutex > & guard )
diff --git a/src/ca/legacy/pcas/example/directoryService/main.cc b/src/ca/legacy/pcas/example/directoryService/main.cc
index afd4f813c..cb8c43901 100644
--- a/src/ca/legacy/pcas/example/directoryService/main.cc
+++ b/src/ca/legacy/pcas/example/directoryService/main.cc
@@ -206,7 +206,4 @@ static int parseDirectoryFP (FILE *pf, const char *pFileName)
         }
         nPV++;
     }
-#if defined ( __HP_aCC ) && ( _HP_aCC <= 033300 )
-    return 0; // Make HP compiler happy
-#endif
 }