diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index ebcbffcea..513c34d32 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2003-09-05  Ben Elliston  <bje@wasabisystems.com>
 
+	* libc/ctype/wctype.c (_DEFUN): Remove empty default case, as
+	modern versions of GCC issue a warning.
+
 	* libc/machine/xscale/memcmp.c (memcmp): Strip trailing whitespace
 	after continuation characters that induces a warning from modern
 	versions of GCC.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/wctype.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/wctype.c
index f2c9d0247..dc400c422 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/wctype.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/wctype.c
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ _DEFUN (_wctype_r, (r, c),
       if (!strcmp (c, "xdigit"))
         return WC_XDIGIT;
       break;
-    default:
     }
 
   /* otherwise invalid */