diff --git a/etc/defaults/make.conf b/etc/defaults/make.conf
index 970538b41318..b2affecc7191 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/make.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/make.conf
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ BDECFLAGS=	-W -Wall -ansi -pedantic -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-align \
 #
 #MASTER_SITE_XCONTRIB=	ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/%SUBDIR%/
 #MASTER_SITE_XFREE=	ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/XFree86/%SUBDIR%/source/
-#MASTER_SITE_GNU=	ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/%SUBDIR%/
+#MASTER_SITE_GNU=	ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/%SUBDIR%/
 #MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN=	ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/plan/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/%SUBDIR%/
 #MASTER_SITE_TEX_CTAN=	ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/%SUBDIR%/
 #MASTER_SITE_SUNSITE=	ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/%SUBDIR%/
diff --git a/share/examples/etc/make.conf b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
index 970538b41318..b2affecc7191 100644
--- a/share/examples/etc/make.conf
+++ b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ BDECFLAGS=	-W -Wall -ansi -pedantic -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-align \
 #
 #MASTER_SITE_XCONTRIB=	ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/%SUBDIR%/
 #MASTER_SITE_XFREE=	ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/XFree86/%SUBDIR%/source/
-#MASTER_SITE_GNU=	ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/%SUBDIR%/
+#MASTER_SITE_GNU=	ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/%SUBDIR%/
 #MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN=	ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/plan/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/%SUBDIR%/
 #MASTER_SITE_TEX_CTAN=	ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/%SUBDIR%/
 #MASTER_SITE_SUNSITE=	ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/%SUBDIR%/