diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ced95e3e1..77382a10b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2003-08-18  David Turner  <david@freetype.org>
 
+        * include/freetype/config/ftoption.h: disabling TrueType bytecode
+        interpreter, until the UNPATENTED_HINTING works as advertised
+
         * src/autohint/ahhint.c (ah_hinter_load_glyph): fixed bug
 
         * Jamfile: adding the "refdoc" target to the Jamfile in order to
diff --git a/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h b/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
index 182a26ca1..77540b28f 100644
--- a/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
+++ b/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
   /*   Do not #undef this macro here, since the build system might         */
   /*   define it for certain configurations only.                          */
   /*                                                                       */
-#define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER
+#undef  TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER
 
 
   /*************************************************************************/