diff --git a/package/gcc/Config.in.host b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
index 6c2f753bbe..2fe5ca5ae9 100644
--- a/package/gcc/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ config BR2_GCC_VERSION
 	default "4.7.3"     if BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_7_X
 	default "4.8.2"     if BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_8_X
 	default "4.9.0"     if BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_9_X
-	default "c6227bc154124e270f15793deddfa3fe18f7db54" if BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_8_ARC
+	default "arc-4.8-R3" if BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_8_ARC
 	default BR2_GCC_SNAP_DATE if BR2_GCC_VERSION_SNAP
 
 config BR2_EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS