diff --git a/util/crossgcc/buildgcc b/util/crossgcc/buildgcc
index be8d1f2660..7d416c29bd 100755
--- a/util/crossgcc/buildgcc
+++ b/util/crossgcc/buildgcc
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110-1335, USA
 #
 
-CROSSGCC_DATE="December 4th, 2012"
-CROSSGCC_VERSION="1.20"
+CROSSGCC_DATE="April 19th, 2013"
+CROSSGCC_VERSION="1.21"
 
 # default settings
 TARGETDIR=`pwd`/xgcc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ GMP_VERSION=5.0.5
 MPFR_VERSION=3.1.1
 MPC_VERSION=1.0.1
 LIBELF_VERSION=0.8.13
-GCC_VERSION=4.7.2
+GCC_VERSION=4.7.3
 GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.64
 BINUTILS_VERSION=2.23
 GDB_VERSION=7.5
diff --git a/util/crossgcc/patches/gcc-4.7.2_texinfo.patch b/util/crossgcc/patches/gcc-4.7.2_texinfo.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 34c6a68af0..0000000000
--- a/util/crossgcc/patches/gcc-4.7.2_texinfo.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-diff -urp gcc-4.7.2/gcc/doc/cppopts.texi gcc-4.7.2/gcc/doc/cppopts.texi
---- gcc-4.7.2/gcc/doc/cppopts.texi	2013-03-28 13:41:01.000000000 +0100
-+++ gcc-4.7.2/gcc/doc/cppopts.texi	2013-03-28 13:55:05.000000000 +0100
-@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ Replacement:      [    ]    @{    @}
- Enable special code to work around file systems which only permit very
- short file names, such as MS-DOS@.
- 
--@itemx --help
-+@item --help
- @itemx --target-help
- @opindex help
- @opindex target-help
-diff -urp gcc-4.7.2/gcc/doc/generic.texi gcc-4.7.2/gcc/doc/generic.texi
---- gcc-4.7.2/gcc/doc/generic.texi	2011-12-23 23:07:16.000000000 +0100
-+++ gcc-4.7.2/gcc/doc/generic.texi	2013-03-28 14:01:19.000000000 +0100
-@@ -1415,13 +1415,13 @@ generate these expressions anyhow, if it
- not matter.  The type of the operands and that of the result are
- always of @code{BOOLEAN_TYPE} or @code{INTEGER_TYPE}.
- 
--@itemx POINTER_PLUS_EXPR
-+@item POINTER_PLUS_EXPR
- This node represents pointer arithmetic.  The first operand is always
- a pointer/reference type.  The second operand is always an unsigned
- integer type compatible with sizetype.  This is the only binary
- arithmetic operand that can operate on pointer types.
- 
--@itemx PLUS_EXPR
-+@item PLUS_EXPR
- @itemx MINUS_EXPR
- @itemx MULT_EXPR
- These nodes represent various binary arithmetic operations.
-diff -urp gcc-4.7.2/gcc/doc/invoke.texi gcc-4.7.2/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
---- gcc-4.7.2/gcc/doc/invoke.texi	2012-09-14 22:45:27.000000000 +0200
-+++ gcc-4.7.2/gcc/doc/invoke.texi	2013-03-28 13:55:57.000000000 +0100
-@@ -5179,7 +5179,7 @@ thus dbg_cnt() returns true always unles
- e.g. With -fdbg-cnt=dce:10,tail_call:0
- dbg_cnt(dce) will return true only for first 10 invocations
- 
--@itemx -fenable-@var{kind}-@var{pass}
-+@item -fenable-@var{kind}-@var{pass}
- @itemx -fdisable-@var{kind}-@var{pass}=@var{range-list}
- @opindex fdisable-
- @opindex fenable-
-@@ -5327,11 +5327,11 @@ Dump after duplicating the computed goto
- @option{-fdump-rtl-ce3} enable dumping after the three
- if conversion passes.
- 
--@itemx -fdump-rtl-cprop_hardreg
-+@item -fdump-rtl-cprop_hardreg
- @opindex fdump-rtl-cprop_hardreg
- Dump after hard register copy propagation.
- 
--@itemx -fdump-rtl-csa
-+@item -fdump-rtl-csa
- @opindex fdump-rtl-csa
- Dump after combining stack adjustments.
- 
-@@ -5342,11 +5342,11 @@ Dump after combining stack adjustments.
- @option{-fdump-rtl-cse1} and @option{-fdump-rtl-cse2} enable dumping after
- the two common sub-expression elimination passes.
- 
--@itemx -fdump-rtl-dce
-+@item -fdump-rtl-dce
- @opindex fdump-rtl-dce
- Dump after the standalone dead code elimination passes.
- 
--@itemx -fdump-rtl-dbr
-+@item -fdump-rtl-dbr
- @opindex fdump-rtl-dbr
- Dump after delayed branch scheduling.
- 
-@@ -5391,7 +5391,7 @@ Dump after the initialization of the reg
- @opindex fdump-rtl-initvals
- Dump after the computation of the initial value sets.
- 
--@itemx -fdump-rtl-into_cfglayout
-+@item -fdump-rtl-into_cfglayout
- @opindex fdump-rtl-into_cfglayout
- Dump after converting to cfglayout mode.
- 
-@@ -5421,7 +5421,7 @@ Dump after removing redundant mode switc
- @opindex fdump-rtl-rnreg
- Dump after register renumbering.
- 
--@itemx -fdump-rtl-outof_cfglayout
-+@item -fdump-rtl-outof_cfglayout
- @opindex fdump-rtl-outof_cfglayout
- Dump after converting from cfglayout mode.
- 
-@@ -5433,7 +5433,7 @@ Dump after the peephole pass.
- @opindex fdump-rtl-postreload
- Dump after post-reload optimizations.
- 
--@itemx -fdump-rtl-pro_and_epilogue
-+@item -fdump-rtl-pro_and_epilogue
- @opindex fdump-rtl-pro_and_epilogue
- Dump after generating the function prologues and epilogues.
- 
diff --git a/util/crossgcc/patches/gcc-4.7.2_armv7a.patch b/util/crossgcc/patches/gcc-4.7.3_armv7a.patch
similarity index 67%
rename from util/crossgcc/patches/gcc-4.7.2_armv7a.patch
rename to util/crossgcc/patches/gcc-4.7.3_armv7a.patch
index 82e6609fde..ccbc01e14d 100644
--- a/util/crossgcc/patches/gcc-4.7.2_armv7a.patch
+++ b/util/crossgcc/patches/gcc-4.7.3_armv7a.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-diff -ur gcc-4.7.2/config.sub gcc-4.7.2/config.sub
---- gcc-4.7.2/config.sub	2012-08-06 07:34:27.000000000 -0700
-+++ gcc-4.7.2/config.sub	2012-12-04 15:03:30.813137430 -0800
+diff -ur gcc-4.7.3/config.sub gcc-4.7.3-patched/config.sub
+--- gcc-4.7.3/config.sub	2012-08-06 16:34:27.000000000 +0200
++++ gcc-4.7.3-patched/config.sub	2013-04-19 00:25:16.401391381 +0200
 @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
  	| alpha | alphaev[4-8] | alphaev56 | alphaev6[78] | alphapca5[67] \
  	| alpha64 | alpha64ev[4-8] | alpha64ev56 | alpha64ev6[78] | alpha64pca5[67] \