diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e2c92dbd..214b4081 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ make sure that `qmake` is from Qt 5 installation. If not, you can try
 finding it at a path like `/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake`.
 Alternatively, you might want to load `goldendict.pro` file from within Qt Creator, especially on Windows.
 
-Note: To compile with `libhunspell` older than 1.5 pass `"CONFIG+=old_hunspell"` to `qmake`.
+Note:   `libhunspell` version > 1.5.
 
 ### Building with Chinese conversion support
 
diff --git a/goldendict.pro b/goldendict.pro
index 756cde39..ce65de81 100644
--- a/goldendict.pro
+++ b/goldendict.pro
@@ -578,10 +578,6 @@ CONFIG( chinese_conversion_support ) {
   }
 }
 
-CONFIG( old_hunspell ) {
-  DEFINES += OLD_HUNSPELL_INTERFACE
-}
-
 RESOURCES += resources.qrc \
     flags.qrc
 TRANSLATIONS += locale/ru_RU.ts \
diff --git a/hunspell.cc b/hunspell.cc
index ef5c9d3c..51542610 100644
--- a/hunspell.cc
+++ b/hunspell.cc
@@ -245,13 +245,7 @@ void HunspellArticleRequest::run()
     return;
   }
 
-#ifdef OLD_HUNSPELL_INTERFACE
-  // We'd need to free this if it gets allocated and an exception shows up
-  char ** suggestions = 0;
-  int suggestionsCount = 0;
-#else
   vector< string > suggestions;
-#endif
 
   try
   {
@@ -268,24 +262,15 @@ void HunspellArticleRequest::run()
 
     string encodedWord = encodeToHunspell( hunspell, trimmedWord );
 
-#ifdef OLD_HUNSPELL_INTERFACE
-    if ( hunspell.spell( encodedWord.c_str() ) )
-#else
     if ( hunspell.spell( encodedWord ) )
-#endif
     {
       // Good word -- no spelling suggestions then.
       finish();
       return;
     }
 
-#ifdef OLD_HUNSPELL_INTERFACE
-    suggestionsCount = hunspell.suggest( &suggestions, encodedWord.c_str() );
-    if ( suggestionsCount )
-#else
     suggestions = hunspell.suggest( encodedWord );
     if ( !suggestions.empty() )
-#endif
     {
       // There were some suggestions made for us. Make an appropriate output.
 
@@ -294,15 +279,9 @@ void HunspellArticleRequest::run()
 
       wstring lowercasedWord = Folding::applySimpleCaseOnly( word );
 
-#ifdef OLD_HUNSPELL_INTERFACE
-      for( int x = 0; x < suggestionsCount; ++x )
-      {
-        wstring suggestion = decodeFromHunspell( hunspell, suggestions[ x ] );
-#else
       for( vector< string >::size_type x = 0; x < suggestions.size(); ++x )
       {
         wstring suggestion = decodeFromHunspell( hunspell, suggestions[ x ].c_str() );
-#endif
 
         if ( Folding::applySimpleCaseOnly( suggestion ) == lowercasedWord )
         {
@@ -312,9 +291,6 @@ void HunspellArticleRequest::run()
 
           finish();
 
-#ifdef OLD_HUNSPELL_INTERFACE
-          hunspell.free_list( &suggestions, suggestionsCount );
-#endif
           return;
         }
         string suggestionUtf8 = Utf8::encode( suggestion );
@@ -323,11 +299,7 @@ void HunspellArticleRequest::run()
         result += Html::escape( suggestionUtf8 ) + "\">";
         result += Html::escape( suggestionUtf8 ) + "</a>";
 
-#ifdef OLD_HUNSPELL_INTERFACE
-        if ( x != suggestionsCount - 1 )
-#else
         if ( x != suggestions.size() - 1 )
-#endif
           result += ", ";
       }
 
@@ -351,15 +323,6 @@ void HunspellArticleRequest::run()
     gdWarning( "Hunspell: error: %s\n", e.what() );
   }
 
-#ifdef OLD_HUNSPELL_INTERFACE
-  if ( suggestions )
-  {
-    Mutex::Lock _( hunspellMutex );
-
-    hunspell.free_list( &suggestions, suggestionsCount );
-  }
-#endif
-
   finish();
 }
 
@@ -487,13 +450,7 @@ QVector< wstring > suggest( wstring & word, Mutex & hunspellMutex, Hunspell & hu
 {
   QVector< wstring > result;
 
-#ifdef OLD_HUNSPELL_INTERFACE
-  // We'd need to free this if it gets allocated and an exception shows up
-  char ** suggestions = 0;
-  int suggestionsCount = 0;
-#else
   vector< string > suggestions;
-#endif
 
   try
   {
@@ -501,13 +458,8 @@ QVector< wstring > suggest( wstring & word, Mutex & hunspellMutex, Hunspell & hu
 
     string encodedWord = encodeToHunspell( hunspell, word );
 
-#ifdef OLD_HUNSPELL_INTERFACE
-    suggestionsCount = hunspell.analyze( &suggestions, encodedWord.c_str() );
-    if ( suggestionsCount )
-#else
     suggestions = hunspell.analyze( encodedWord );
     if ( !suggestions.empty() )
-#endif
     {
       // There were some suggestions made for us. Make an appropriate output.
 
@@ -515,15 +467,9 @@ QVector< wstring > suggest( wstring & word, Mutex & hunspellMutex, Hunspell & hu
 
       static QRegExp cutStem( "^\\s*st:(((\\s+(?!\\w{2}:)(?!-)(?!\\+))|\\S+)+)" );
 
-#ifdef OLD_HUNSPELL_INTERFACE
-      for( int x = 0; x < suggestionsCount; ++x )
-      {
-        QString suggestion = gd::toQString( decodeFromHunspell( hunspell, suggestions[ x ] ) );
-#else
       for( vector< string >::size_type x = 0; x < suggestions.size(); ++x )
       {
         QString suggestion = gd::toQString( decodeFromHunspell( hunspell, suggestions[ x ].c_str() ) );
-#endif
 
         // Strip comments
         int n = suggestion.indexOf( '#' );
@@ -552,15 +498,6 @@ QVector< wstring > suggest( wstring & word, Mutex & hunspellMutex, Hunspell & hu
     gdWarning( "Hunspell: charset conversion error, no processing's done: %s\n", e.what() );
   }
 
-#ifdef OLD_HUNSPELL_INTERFACE
-  if ( suggestions )
-  {
-    Mutex::Lock _( hunspellMutex );
-
-    hunspell.free_list( &suggestions, suggestionsCount );
-  }
-#endif
-
   return result;
 }
 
@@ -662,11 +599,7 @@ void HunspellPrefixMatchRequest::run()
 
     string encodedWord = encodeToHunspell( hunspell, trimmedWord );
 
-#ifdef OLD_HUNSPELL_INTERFACE
-    if ( hunspell.spell( encodedWord.c_str() ) )
-#else
     if ( hunspell.spell( encodedWord ) )
-#endif
     {
       // Known word -- add it to the result