diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b12f6828f7a8232bee4b743fbb0a7d30b1b8e614..ff9d968ac381538e498b889caff31894222ab935 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(ghc-hc,
           recent version of GHC, but you could always try...)
 ],
 [WithGhcHc="$withval"],
-[WithGhcHc="ghc-2.10"]
+[WithGhcHc="ghc"]
 )
 AC_SUBST(WithGhcHc)