diff --git a/config/freebsd b/config/freebsd
index 936c29fdb3..9a9348b503 100644
--- a/config/freebsd
+++ b/config/freebsd
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ fi
 if test "X-" = "X-$FC"; then
     case $CC_BASENAME in
         gcc*|pgcc*)
-            FC=gfortran40
-            FC_BASENAME=gfortran40
+            FC=gfortran
+            FC_BASENAME=gfortran
             ;;
         icc*)
             FC=ifort
diff --git a/config/gnu-fflags b/config/gnu-fflags
index e92e054b16..6b5e6a18c4 100644
--- a/config/gnu-fflags
+++ b/config/gnu-fflags
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ if test "X-gfortran" = "X-$f9x_vendor"; then
     #esac
 
     # General
-    FC_BASENAME=gfortran40
+    FC_BASENAME=gfortran
     F9XSUFFIXFLAG=""
     FSEARCH_DIRS=""
     H5_FCFLAGS="$H5_FCFLAGS -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wunderflow -Wimplicit-interface -Wsurprising"