diff --git a/googletest/test/googletest-death-test-test.cc b/googletest/test/googletest-death-test-test.cc
index 1bb5bb7..c0b3d1f 100644
--- a/googletest/test/googletest-death-test-test.cc
+++ b/googletest/test/googletest-death-test-test.cc
@@ -298,6 +298,13 @@
 
 # endif  // GTEST_OS_WINDOWS || GTEST_OS_FUCHSIA
 
+// The following code intentionally tests a suboptimal syntax.
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdangling-else"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wempty-body"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpragmas"
+#endif
 // Tests that the death test macros expand to code which may or may not
 // be followed by operator<<, and that in either case the complete text
 // comprises only a single C++ statement.
@@ -321,6 +328,9 @@
   else
     EXPECT_DEATH(_exit(1), "") << 1 << 2 << 3;
 }
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
 
 # if GTEST_USES_PCRE
 
@@ -1468,6 +1478,13 @@
 
 namespace {
 
+// The following code intentionally tests a suboptimal syntax.
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdangling-else"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wempty-body"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpragmas"
+#endif
 // Tests that the death test macros expand to code which may or may not
 // be followed by operator<<, and that in either case the complete text
 // comprises only a single C++ statement.
@@ -1493,6 +1510,9 @@
   else
     EXPECT_DEATH_IF_SUPPORTED(_exit(1), "") << 1 << 2 << 3;
 }
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
 
 // Tests that conditional death test macros expand to code which interacts
 // well with switch statements.
diff --git a/googletest/test/googletest-port-test.cc b/googletest/test/googletest-port-test.cc
index 44b99ce..4a87df0 100644
--- a/googletest/test/googletest-port-test.cc
+++ b/googletest/test/googletest-port-test.cc
@@ -201,6 +201,13 @@
   EXPECT_TRUE(converted);
 }
 
+// The following code intentionally tests a suboptimal syntax.
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdangling-else"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wempty-body"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpragmas"
+#endif
 TEST(GtestCheckSyntaxTest, BehavesLikeASingleStatement) {
   if (AlwaysFalse())
     GTEST_CHECK_(false) << "This should never be executed; "
@@ -216,6 +223,9 @@
   else
     GTEST_CHECK_(true) << "";
 }
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
 
 TEST(GtestCheckSyntaxTest, WorksWithSwitch) {
   switch (0) {
diff --git a/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc b/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
index aa4c21a..140395f 100644
--- a/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
+++ b/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
@@ -4131,11 +4131,13 @@
 
 #endif  // GTEST_OS_WINDOWS
 
-#ifdef __BORLANDC__
-// Silences warnings: "Condition is always true", "Unreachable code"
-# pragma option push -w-ccc -w-rch
+// The following code intentionally tests a suboptimal syntax.
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdangling-else"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wempty-body"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpragmas"
 #endif
-
 // Tests that the assertion macros behave like single statements.
 TEST(AssertionSyntaxTest, BasicAssertionsBehavesLikeSingleStatement) {
   if (AlwaysFalse())
@@ -4155,6 +4157,9 @@
   else
     EXPECT_GT(3, 2) << "";
 }
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
 
 #if GTEST_HAS_EXCEPTIONS
 // Tests that the compiler will not complain about unreachable code in the
@@ -4175,6 +4180,13 @@
   EXPECT_THROW(throw std::exception(), std::exception);
 }
 
+// The following code intentionally tests a suboptimal syntax.
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdangling-else"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wempty-body"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpragmas"
+#endif
 TEST(AssertionSyntaxTest, ExceptionAssertionsBehavesLikeSingleStatement) {
   if (AlwaysFalse())
     EXPECT_THROW(ThrowNothing(), bool);
@@ -4200,8 +4212,19 @@
   else
     ;  // NOLINT
 }
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
+
 #endif  // GTEST_HAS_EXCEPTIONS
 
+// The following code intentionally tests a suboptimal syntax.
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdangling-else"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wempty-body"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpragmas"
+#endif
 TEST(AssertionSyntaxTest, NoFatalFailureAssertionsBehavesLikeSingleStatement) {
   if (AlwaysFalse())
     EXPECT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(FAIL()) << "This should never be executed. "
@@ -4224,6 +4247,9 @@
   else
     ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(SUCCEED());
 }
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
 
 // Tests that the assertion macros work well with switch statements.
 TEST(AssertionSyntaxTest, WorksWithSwitch) {