diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e7ed72689..a7a5679d4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.28-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   [ Stephen R. Marenka ]
   * [m68k] Add m68k patches.
 
+  [ Bastian Blank ]
+  * Make gcc-4.3 the default compiler.
+
  -- dann frazier <dannf@debian.org>  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:02:18 -0600
 
 linux-2.6 (2.6.26-12) unstable; urgency=high
diff --git a/debian/config/defines b/debian/config/defines
index d0fa7683d..64e95a359 100644
--- a/debian/config/defines
+++ b/debian/config/defines
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ arches:
  powerpc
  s390
  sparc
-compiler: gcc-4.1
+compiler: gcc-4.3
 featuresets:
  none
  openvz
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ initramfs-tools: mkinitramfs-kpkg
 yaird: mkinitrd.yaird
 
 [relations]
-gcc-3.3: gcc-3.3
-gcc-4.0: gcc-4.0
-gcc-4.1: gcc-4.1
 gcc-4.3: gcc-4.3
 initramfs-fallback: linux-initramfs-tool
 initramfs-tools: initramfs-tools (>= 0.55)