diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 06260b2394..8b1e3c13da 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-12-09  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	  Don't define GST_DISABLE_DEPRECATED for releases. Fixes #498181.
+
 2007-12-08  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	Patch by: Robin Stocker <robin dot stocker at gmx dot ch>
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d7c9d366c7..d991b5adf8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -576,7 +576,11 @@ if test "x$USE_DEBUG" = xyes; then
 fi
 AC_SUBST(PROFILE_CFLAGS)
 
-DEPRECATED_CFLAGS="-DGST_DISABLE_DEPRECATED"
+if test "x$GST_CVS" = "xyes"; then
+  DEPRECATED_CFLAGS="-DGST_DISABLE_DEPRECATED"
+else
+  DEPRECATED_CFLAGS=""
+fi
 AC_SUBST(DEPRECATED_CFLAGS)
 
 dnl every flag in GST_OPTION_CFLAGS can be overridden at make time