diff --git a/glibc.changes b/glibc.changes
index eb0d1c0..5bb83c1 100644
--- a/glibc.changes
+++ b/glibc.changes
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 30 11:22:02 UTC 2011 - aj@suse.de
+
+- Back to kernel 2.6.16 as minimal kernel version.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun 28 12:30:34 UTC 2011 - aj@suse.de
 
-- Only apply glibc-2.10.99-ia64-include.diff on SLE but not on
-  openSUSE.
+- Only apply glibc-statfs64-ia64.diff on SLE but not on openSUSE.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 27 12:19:47 UTC 2011 - aj@suse.de
diff --git a/glibc.spec b/glibc.spec
index b48e68a..eb40028 100644
--- a/glibc.spec
+++ b/glibc.spec
@@ -52,11 +52,9 @@ BuildRequires:  libstdc++-devel
  %define powerpc_optimize_cpu_power7 0
  %define powerpc_optimize_cpu_cell 0
 %endif # ppc, ppc64
-%ifarch %ix86 x86_64
-%define enablekernel 2.6.32
-%else
-%define enablekernel 2.6.5
-%endif
+# 2.6.16 is the SLES 10 kernel, use this as oldest supported kernel
+# since many SUSE build machines have it
+%define enablekernel 2.6.16
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 # On PowerPC we got a memory corruption during building, disabling
 # exp_malloc fixed it. Disable it until we have found and fixed the