The influence of the reaction medium on the course of the dienone-phenol rearrangement of cholesta-1, 4-dien-3-one and cholesta-1, 4,6-triene-3-one was investigated. Contrary to the earlier report the nature of the reaction medium showed no effect on the products. However, the dienone rearranged to para product while trien-one yielded the meta isomer as the major product.