diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fe15b02d..c61039fd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ debian-cd (3.0.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Use the 64 bit autodetection feature of syslinux 3.31-2, if available,
     to default to the 64 bit target in multiarch isos.
   * Updated isolinux.bin to the version from syslinux 3.31-2.
+  * Temporarily disable use of 64 bit detection due to syslinx's bug #410729.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Fri,  9 Feb 2007 23:44:25 -0500
 
diff --git a/tools/boot/etch/boot-i386 b/tools/boot/etch/boot-i386
index d9feaee9..3fd14049 100755
--- a/tools/boot/etch/boot-i386
+++ b/tools/boot/etch/boot-i386
@@ -215,8 +215,9 @@ if [ "$NN" = "1" ]; then
 			mv $file.tmp $file
 		done
 
+		# Temporarily removed from below awk due to #410729
+		#		/^DEFAULT/ { printf("DEFAULT64 amd64-%s\n", $2) }
 		cat boot$N/isolinux-amd64/isolinux.cfg | awk '
-				/^DEFAULT/ { printf("DEFAULT64 amd64-%s\n", $2) }
 				/^LABEL/ { printf("LABEL amd64-%s\n", $2) }
 				/kernel/ { print $0 }
 				/append/ { print $0 }' >> boot$N/isolinux/isolinux.cfg