diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index 8063abe..55281bb 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 14 20:22:19 CET 2012 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- stick to upstream defaults:
+  restore default attach mode, which is appliance,
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 14 17:51:16 CET 2012 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 74f3d91..bee6c1c 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -365,15 +365,12 @@ CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -Wno-unused"
 CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -Wno-unused"
 # If the kernel happens to have no virtio-scsi force virtio-blk usage in the tools
 # This is true for kernel.rpm included in 12.1 and older
-# Force also attach method "appliance" because constructing libvirt xml is cumbersome for virtio-blk
 if /sbin/modinfo -k `env PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:$PATH get_kernel_version /boot/vmlinuz` virtio-scsi
 then
 	: use virtio-scsi, which is the default in libguestfs
-	default_attach_method="libvirt"
 else
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DGUESTFS_QEMU_NO_VIRTIO_BLK"
 	CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -DGUESTFS_QEMU_NO_VIRTIO_BLK"
-	default_attach_method="appliance"
 fi
 #
 %configure \
@@ -383,7 +380,6 @@ fi
 	--docdir=%{guestfs_docdir} \
 	--enable-daemon \
 	--enable-install-daemon \
-	--with-default-attach-method="${default_attach_method}" \
 	--with-qemu=$QEMU \
 	--without-java \
 	--disable-appliance \