diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5c04e63bab..8fada85a71 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ probe_target_compiler() {
         # We don't have any bigendian build tools so we only use this for AArch64
         container_image=debian-arm64-cross
         container_cross_prefix=aarch64-linux-gnu-
-        container_cross_cc=${container_cross_prefix}gcc-10
+        container_cross_cc=${container_cross_prefix}gcc
         ;;
       alpha)
         container_image=debian-alpha-cross
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ probe_target_compiler() {
       ppc)
         container_image=debian-powerpc-test-cross
         container_cross_prefix=powerpc-linux-gnu-
-        container_cross_cc=${container_cross_prefix}gcc-10
+        container_cross_cc=${container_cross_prefix}gcc
         ;;
       ppc64|ppc64le)
         container_image=debian-powerpc-test-cross