diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 28c03975b..b6d525b86 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ linux (4.3~rc3-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release candidate
 
+  [ Ben Hutchings ]
+  * Disable CRAMFS; it was obsoleted by squashfs and initramfs
+
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Sat, 26 Sep 2015 16:41:55 +0100
 
 linux (4.2.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
diff --git a/debian/config/config b/debian/config/config
index 063e30279..53c5d11c0 100644
--- a/debian/config/config
+++ b/debian/config/config
@@ -4718,7 +4718,7 @@ CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS=m
 ##
 ## file: fs/cramfs/Kconfig
 ##
-CONFIG_CRAMFS=m
+# CONFIG_CRAMFS is not set
 
 ##
 ## file: fs/dlm/Kconfig