diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-c++-multilib.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-c++-multilib.template
index e356f5c612..d9e8b89737 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-c++-multilib.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-c++-multilib.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gcc-c++-multilib'.
 #
-depends="gcc-c++>=4.7 gcc-multilib>=4.7 libstdc++32-devel>=4.7"
+depends="gcc-c++>=${_majorver} gcc-multilib>=${_majorver} libstdc++32-devel>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC C++ compiler (multilib files)"
 long_desc="
  This is the GNU C++ compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C++.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-c++.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-c++.template
index aa68c3a4ea..853e5f4337 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-c++.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-c++.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gcc-c++'.
 #
-depends="libelf gcc>=4.7 libstdc++-devel>=4.7"
+depends="libelf gcc>=${_majorver} libstdc++-devel>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC C++ support"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-fortran.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-fortran.template
index a841347281..0a32934ac5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-fortran.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-fortran.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gcc-fortran'.
 #
-depends="gcc>=4.7 libgfortran-devel>=4.7"
+depends="gcc>=${_majorver} libgfortran-devel>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC Fortran compiler frontend"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-go.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-go.template
index ef8bf39469..e4194069fa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-go.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-go.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gcc-go'.
 #
-depends="gcc>=4.7 libgo-devel>=4.7"
+depends="gcc>=${_majorver} libgo-devel>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC Go compiler frontend"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-multilib.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-multilib.template
index 407f203d7e..3ff24e0078 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-multilib.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-multilib.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gcc-c-multilib'.
 #
-depends="gcc>=4.7 libgcc32>=4.7 libgomp32>=4.7 libitm32>=4.7 zlib32 glibc32-devel"
+depends="gcc>=${_majorver} libgcc32>=${_majorver} libgomp32>=${_majorver} libitm32>=${_majorver} zlib32 glibc32-devel"
 short_desc="GCC C compiler (multilib files)"
 long_desc="
  This is the GNU C compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc++.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc++.template
index 43a0e00d37..6bbf625ab8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc++.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc++.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gcc-objc++'.
 #
-depends="libelf gcc-c++>=4.7 gcc-objc>=4.7"
+depends="libelf gcc-c++>=${_majorver} gcc-objc>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC Objective-C++ support"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc-multilib.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc-multilib.template
index e9ed6e0c74..365c27bf3e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc-multilib.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc-multilib.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gcc-objc-multilib'.
 #
-depends="gcc-multilib>=4.7 gcc-objc>=4.7 libobjc32>=4.7"
+depends="gcc-multilib>=${_majorver} gcc-objc>=${_majorver} libobjc32>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="The GNU Objective-C compiler (multilib files)"
 long_desc="
  This is the GNU Objective-C compiler, which compiles Objective-C on
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc.template
index 87c9471c6b..c72b6a8b31 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gcc-objc'.
 #
-depends="libelf gcc>=4.7 libobjc>=4.7"
+depends="libelf gcc>=${_majorver} libobjc>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC Objective-C support"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/libgfortran-devel.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/libgfortran-devel.template
index 1d0749c5bb..196c29304b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/libgfortran-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/libgfortran-devel.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libgfortran-devel'.
 #
-depends="libgfortran>=4.7"
+depends="libgfortran>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC Fortran library ${version} - development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/libgo-devel.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/libgo-devel.template
index b6633af366..b540a857d0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/libgo-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/libgo-devel.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libgo-devel'.
 #
-depends="libgo>=4.7"
+depends="libgo>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC Go library ${version} shared library support - development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/libgomp-devel.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/libgomp-devel.template
index fd9e23c42b..b8f19e8c4f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/libgomp-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/libgomp-devel.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libgomp-devel'.
 #
-depends="libgomp>=4.7"
+depends="libgomp>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC OpenMP v3.0 shared support library - development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/libmudflap-devel.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/libmudflap-devel.template
index 6575518f7e..3a356275b4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/libmudflap-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/libmudflap-devel.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gcc-libmudflap-devel'.
 #
-depends="libmudflap>=4.7"
+depends="libmudflap>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC mudflap shared support library (development files)"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/libobjc-devel.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/libobjc-devel.template
index 76035cf354..bfd59cbbae 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/libobjc-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/libobjc-devel.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libobjc-devel'.
 #
-depends="libobjc>=4.7"
+depends="libobjc>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC Objective-C shared library support (development files)"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/libquadmath-devel.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/libquadmath-devel.template
index 8dc43a2ac1..c9e7c7bb40 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/libquadmath-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/libquadmath-devel.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libquadmath-devel'.
 #
-depends="libquadmath>=4.7"
+depends="libquadmath>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC quadmath shared support library (development files)"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/libssp-devel.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/libssp-devel.template
index fc08e932ae..78a0a16edf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/libssp-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/libssp-devel.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libssp'.
 #
-depends="glibc-devel libssp>=4.7"
+depends="glibc-devel libssp>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC SSP library support"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/libstdc++-devel.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/libstdc++-devel.template
index 9153284853..9bfbd3b7cc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/libstdc++-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/libstdc++-devel.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gcc-libstdc++-devel'.
 #
-depends="libstdc++>=4.7"
+depends="libstdc++>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC Standard C++ Library (development files)"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/template b/srcpkgs/gcc/template
index 1a2f606bb7..9e239440c0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=gcc
 _majorver=4.7
 version=${_majorver}.0
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcc/gcc-$version/gcc-$version.tar.bz2"
-depends="binutils libelf libgomp>=4.7 libitm>=4.7 libssp-devel>=4.7"
+depends="binutils libelf libgomp>=${_majorver} libitm>=${_majorver} libssp-devel>=${_majorver}"
 makedepends="perl flex zlib-devel gmp-devel mpfr-devel mpc-devel cloog-ppl-devel libelf-devel"
 revision=1
 short_desc="The GNU C Compiler"