diff --git a/config/ChangeLog b/config/ChangeLog
index 3dc4e7ac39..8adb5b5b58 100644
--- a/config/ChangeLog
+++ b/config/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-04-04  Lars Gullik Bjønnes  <larsbj@birdstep.com>
+
+	* lyxinclude.m4: remove support for gcc 2.97 simplify calling for
+	gcc 3.0 
+
 2001-03-15  Angus Leeming  <a.leeming@ic.ac.uk>
 
 	* qt2.m4: qt2 port compiles with qt 2.2.1. Changed test to
diff --git a/config/lyxinclude.m4 b/config/lyxinclude.m4
index 075e830b8b..75801694b3 100644
--- a/config/lyxinclude.m4
+++ b/config/lyxinclude.m4
@@ -207,9 +207,7 @@ dnl Check the version of g++
       2.95.2)  CXXFLAGS="-g $lyx_opt -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions";;
       2.95.*)  CXXFLAGS="-g $lyx_opt -fno-exceptions";;
       2.96*)  CXXFLAGS="-g $lyx_opt -fno-exceptions";;
-      2.97*)   CXXFLAGS="-g $lyx_opt -fvtable-thunks -fno-builtin -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections"
-	       CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE=1";;
-      3.0*)    CXXFLAGS="-g $lyx_opt -fvtable-thunks -fno-builtin -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections";;
+      3.0*)    CXXFLAGS="-g $lyx_opt";;
       *2.91.*) CXXFLAGS="-g $lyx_opt -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions";;
       *)       CXXFLAGS="-g $lyx_opt -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions";;
     esac