diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d291604fab..b1608b8da1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ gtk+2.0 (2.14.3-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     JPEG2000
   * debian/patches/092_fix_printtest_include.patch:
   - new patch, to fix build problem in print test
+  * debian/rules:
+  - FIXME: do not build directfb for now; we need a newer libdirectfb-dev
 
- -- Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:12:33 -0300
+ -- Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:38:58 -0300
 
 gtk+2.0 (2.12.11-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 2f3ac50925..840da4ac9e 100644
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ ALL_PKGS := $(BINARY_INDEP_PKGS) $(BINARY_ARCH_PKGS)
 # list of flavors we build; each gets a builddir, a configure pass (configure
 # args are defined below), a build pass, and an install pass (in two steps)
 # Note: the shared flavor is required
-FLAVORS := directfb shared static
+# FIXME: readd directfb as soon as libdirectfb-dev is updated to the 1.2.x
+# series
+FLAVORS := shared static
 
 # list of flavors to run the test suite on
 # don't run the directfb testsuite on kfreebsd as it hangs; see #431477