diff --git a/lib_debug/wmc_auto.c b/lib_debug/wmc_auto.c
index ce7b69e28815728bb9b17f8f8245739a9edd30d1..5afd9de166568531c15df05978d588430d1cad77 100644
--- a/lib_debug/wmc_auto.c
+++ b/lib_debug/wmc_auto.c
@@ -820,6 +820,7 @@ static void *mem_alloc_block( size_t size, const char *size_str );
 
 void reset_mem( Counting_Size cnt_size )
 {
+    int16_t something;
     size_t tmp_size;
 
     /* initialize list of stack records */
@@ -839,13 +840,7 @@ void reset_mem( Counting_Size cnt_size )
     max_num_calls = MAX_NUM_RECORDS;
 
     /* initialize stack pointers */
-#if defined( __GNUC__ ) || defined( __clang__ )
-    /* GCC/Clang: use builtin (works for many targets) */
-    ptr_base_stack = __builtin_frame_address( 0 );
-#else
-    int16_t something;
     ptr_base_stack = &something;
-#endif
     ptr_max_stack = ptr_base_stack;
     ptr_current_stack = ptr_base_stack;
 
@@ -950,14 +945,10 @@ void reset_mem( Counting_Size cnt_size )
 
 void reset_stack( void )
 {
-    /* initialize/reset stack pointers */
-#if defined( __GNUC__ ) || defined( __clang__ )
-    /* GCC/Clang: use builtin (works for many targets) */
-    ptr_base_stack = __builtin_frame_address( 0 );
-#else
     int16_t something;
+
+    /* initialize/reset stack pointers */
     ptr_base_stack = &something;
-#endif
     ptr_max_stack = ptr_base_stack;
     ptr_current_stack = ptr_base_stack;
 
@@ -972,15 +963,10 @@ void reset_stack( void )
 
 int push_stack( const char *filename, const char *fctname )
 {
+    int16_t something;
     int32_t current_stack_size;
 
-#if defined( __GNUC__ ) || defined( __clang__ )
-    /* GCC/Clang: use builtin (works for many targets) */
-    ptr_base_stack = __builtin_frame_address( 0 );
-#else
-    int16_t something;
     ptr_current_stack = &something;
-#endif
 
     (void) *filename; /* to avoid compilation warning */