diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0af495f710..a3b3e5285b 100644
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ case "${enableval}" in
   *)  { echo "configure: error: bad value ${enableval} for gcc-28 option" 1>&2; exit 1; } ;;
 esac
 else
-  RTEMS_USE_GCC272=yes
+  RTEMS_USE_GCC272=no
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6dca5a9148..95659f541b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(gcc28, \
   yes) RTEMS_USE_GCC272=no ;;
   no) RTEMS_USE_GCC272=yes ;;
   *)  AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for gcc-28 option) ;;
-esac],[RTEMS_USE_GCC272=yes])
+esac],[RTEMS_USE_GCC272=no])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(libcdir, \
 [  --enable-libcdir=directory	    set the directory for the C library], \