diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-emacs b/src/freedombone-app-emacs
index 8f488eeb..f163730e 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-emacs
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-emacs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ function restore_remote_emacs {
 }
 
 function remove_emacs {
-    apt-get -yq remove --purge emacs24
+    apt-get -yq remove --purge emacs
     update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/nano
     sed -i '/install_emacs/d' $COMPLETION_FILE
 
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ function remove_emacs {
 }
 
 function install_emacs {
-    apt-get -yq install emacs24
-    update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/emacs24
+    apt-get -yq install emacs
+    update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/emacs
 
     # A minimal emacs configuration
     #echo -n "(add-to-list 'load-path " > /home/$MY_USERNAME/.emacs
diff --git a/src/freedombone-image-customise b/src/freedombone-image-customise
index 35915ddc..b5a3f259 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-image-customise
+++ b/src/freedombone-image-customise
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ function configure_user_interface {
     chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install libtheora-bin libvorbis-dev v4l-utils
 
     # a sane editor
-    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install emacs24
+    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install emacs
 
     # for wifi monitoring
     chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install horst