diff --git a/package/jsaw/gcl/gcl.conf b/package/jsaw/gcl/gcl.conf
index 398064ca7..7cff80dfe 100644
--- a/package/jsaw/gcl/gcl.conf
+++ b/package/jsaw/gcl/gcl.conf
@@ -24,4 +24,10 @@
 # gcl doesn't like to be stripped
 for each in `env | grep _WRAPPER_ | grep CC | sed 's,=.*,,'`; do
 	var_remove $each ' ' '-s'
-done
\ No newline at end of file
+done
+
+if [ "$ROCKCFG_DEFAULT_CC" = "gcc34" ]; then
+	#FIXME maybe a bug in gcc 3.4
+	var_remove_regex GCC_WRAPPER_INSERT " " "-O.*"
+	var_remove_regex GCC_WRAPPER_REMOVE " " "-O.*"
+fi
diff --git a/package/jsaw/gcl/gcl.desc b/package/jsaw/gcl/gcl.desc
index 156634493..545a66fa8 100644
--- a/package/jsaw/gcl/gcl.desc
+++ b/package/jsaw/gcl/gcl.desc
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
 
 [L] LGPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.6.1-40
+[V] 2.6.3
 [P] X -----5---9 800.000
 
-[D] 7218185 gcl_2.6.1-40.tar.gz http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcl/
+[D] 1602345332 gcl-2.6.3.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcl/
+[D] 4294967295 gcl_2.6.3-1.diff.gz http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcl/