1 files changed, 2 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
index 95537fd..5be99b4 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
@@ -2321,9 +2321,8 @@ This will become a hard error in the future.''' % kwargs['input'], location=self
         self.build.test_setups[setup_name] = build.TestSetup(exe_wrapper, gdb, timeout_multiplier, env,
                                                              exclude_suites)
 
-    @FeatureNewKwargs('add_global_arguments', '0.59.0', ['required'])
     @typed_pos_args('add_global_arguments', varargs=str)
-    @typed_kwargs('add_global_arguments', _NATIVE_KW, _LANGUAGE_KW, KwargInfo('required', bool, default=False))
+    @typed_kwargs('add_global_arguments', _NATIVE_KW, _LANGUAGE_KW)
     def func_add_global_arguments(self, node: mparser.FunctionNode, args: T.Tuple[T.List[str]], kwargs: 'kwargs.FuncAddProjectArgs') -> None:
         self._add_global_arguments(node, self.build.global_args[kwargs['native']], args[0], kwargs)
 
@@ -2332,9 +2331,8 @@ This will become a hard error in the future.''' % kwargs['input'], location=self
     def func_add_global_link_arguments(self, node: mparser.FunctionNode, args: T.Tuple[T.List[str]], kwargs: 'kwargs.FuncAddProjectArgs') -> None:
         self._add_global_arguments(node, self.build.global_link_args[kwargs['native']], args[0], kwargs)
 
-    @FeatureNewKwargs('add_project_arguments', '0.59.0', ['required'])
     @typed_pos_args('add_project_arguments', varargs=str)
-    @typed_kwargs('add_project_arguments', _NATIVE_KW, _LANGUAGE_KW, KwargInfo('required', bool, default=False))
+    @typed_kwargs('add_project_arguments', _NATIVE_KW, _LANGUAGE_KW)
     def func_add_project_arguments(self, node: mparser.FunctionNode, args: T.Tuple[T.List[str]], kwargs: 'kwargs.FuncAddProjectArgs') -> None:
         self._add_project_arguments(node, self.build.projects_args[kwargs['native']], args[0], kwargs)
 
@@ -2400,21 +2398,6 @@ This will become a hard error in the future.''' % kwargs['input'], location=self
 
         self._warn_about_builtin_args(args)
 
-        try:
-            if kwargs['required']:
-                compilers = self.coredata.compilers.build.values() if kwargs['native'] == MachineChoice.BUILD \
-                    else self.coredata.compilers.host.values()
-
-                for c in compilers:
-                    if not c.language in kwargs['language']:
-                        continue
-
-                    for arg in args:
-                        if not c.has_multi_arguments([arg], self.environment)[0]:
-                            raise mesonlib.MesonException(f'C compiler does not support "{arg}"')
-        except KeyError:
-            pass
-
         for lang in kwargs['language']:
             argsdict[lang] = argsdict.get(lang, []) + args