diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8587f49eb..78580b7ed 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.36~rc6-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   [ Ben Hutchings ]
   * linux-base: Remove dependency on libapt-pkg-perl (Closes: #589996, really)
+  * Disable INTEL_IDLE.  It can no longer be built as a module and so was
+    actually disabled by the previous version, but I do not consider it ready
+    to build-in yet.
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:34:10 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/config/kernelarch-x86/config b/debian/config/kernelarch-x86/config
index bc89866b0..338a56562 100644
--- a/debian/config/kernelarch-x86/config
+++ b/debian/config/kernelarch-x86/config
@@ -539,9 +539,9 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290=m
 CONFIG_XEN_KBDDEV_FRONTEND=y
 
 ##
-## file: drivers/indle/Kconfig
+## file: drivers/idle/Kconfig
 ##
-CONFIG_INTEL_IDLE=m
+# CONFIG_INTEL_IDLE is not set
 
 ##
 ## file: drivers/input/gameport/Kconfig