diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 497d689dd9be4fabacf0666655de09f7286d6612..6426cf7c4b964b740f91d05275fff97e992f3901 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ python-defaults (2.7.2-11) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Bump standards version to 3.9.3 without further change
   * Correct Python package names with hyphens in them being ignored
     (Closes: #657665)
+  * Drop -n from /usr/bin/idle invocations in debian/idle.desktop and
+    debian/idle.menu (Closes: #482156)
 
- -- Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com>  Fri, 04 May 2012 23:34:46 -0400
+ -- Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com>  Sun, 06 May 2012 00:52:22 -0400
 
 python-defaults (2.7.2-10) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/idle.desktop b/debian/idle.desktop
index 82ffabfdfd43022518c32ef71aca6f6cf90964cc..1f1eb0704d845c3996acf72d79d1ec5c67711c4b 100644
--- a/debian/idle.desktop
+++ b/debian/idle.desktop
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
 Name=IDLE
 Comment=Integrated Development Environment for Python
-Exec=/usr/bin/idle -n
+Exec=/usr/bin/idle
 Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/idle.xpm
 Terminal=false
 MultipleArgs=false
diff --git a/debian/idle.menu b/debian/idle.menu
index 59f8b91c273db575ee2dc3953d95e350aa8229ef..7cc719eb1c6645e25fe6cdbde19dadd028bc9d67 100644
--- a/debian/idle.menu
+++ b/debian/idle.menu
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ?package(idle):needs="X11" section="Applications/Programming"\
 	title="IDLE (Python IDE)"\
 	icon="/usr/share/pixmaps/idle.xpm"\
-	command="/usr/bin/idle -n" \
+	command="/usr/bin/idle" \
 	hints="Environments"