diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
index 12cb8b38704f..68fd59fa96c2 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
     [2.24](https://nix.dev/manual/nix/latest/release-notes/rl-2.24).
   Notable changes include improvements to Git fetching, documentation comment support in `nix-repl> :doc`, as well as many quality of life improvements.
 
-- GCC now defaults to major version 14 from previous 13. ([GCC Porting Guide](https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-14/porting_to.html))
-
 - Convenience options for `amdgpu`, open source driver for Radeon cards, is now available under `hardware.amdgpu`.
 
 - [AMDVLK](https://github.com/GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK), AMD's open source Vulkan driver, is now available to be configured as `hardware.amdgpu.amdvlk` option.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 26b089ea720d..e74a52d29697 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14695,7 +14695,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gbforth = callPackage ../development/compilers/gbforth { };
 
-  default-gcc-version = 14;
+  default-gcc-version = 13;
   gcc = pkgs.${"gcc${toString default-gcc-version}"};
   gccFun = callPackage ../development/compilers/gcc;
   gcc-unwrapped = gcc.cc;