diff --git a/config/Config-kernel.in b/config/Config-kernel.in
index f4ea6ccbe809..feabf0870e50 100644
--- a/config/Config-kernel.in
+++ b/config/Config-kernel.in
@@ -1418,8 +1418,6 @@ config KERNEL_JFFS2_FS_SECURITY
 
 config KERNEL_WERROR
 	bool "Compile the kernel with warnings as errors"
-	default BUILDBOT
-	default y if GCC_USE_VERSION_12
 	help
 	  A kernel build should not cause any compiler warnings, and this
 	  enables the '-Werror' (for C) and '-Dwarnings' (for Rust) flags
diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/Config.in b/toolchain/gcc/Config.in
index 85abbdabb7ac..fd9891407552 100644
--- a/toolchain/gcc/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/Config.in
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ choice
 		bool "gcc 13.x"
 endchoice
 
+config GCC_USE_DEFAULT_VERSION
+	bool
+	default y if !TOOLCHAINOPTS || GCC_USE_VERSION_13
+	imply KERNEL_WERROR
+
 config GCC_USE_GRAPHITE
 	bool
 	prompt "Compile in support for the new Graphite framework in GCC 4.4+" if TOOLCHAINOPTS