Olivier Magne has been restored to the openside flanker position for France's Six Nations match against Scotland on Sunday at Murrayfield.
Magne, who has won 75 caps and is regarded as one of the big names of French rugby, was relegated to the bench against Wales 10 days ago.
Coach Bernard Laporte made two other changes to the team which defeated the Welsh 29-22. France are the only unbeaten side in the championship after their earlier wins over Ireland and Italy.
Utility back Pepito Elhorga has been given his first start since the World Cup on the right wing, replacing Vincent Clerc.
Dimitri Yachvili, who was the understudy of Fabien Galthie in Australia, takes over from the injured Jean-Baptiste Elissalde as scrumhalf and goalkicker.
Team: 15-Nicolas Brusque; 14-Pepito Elhorga, 13-Yannick Jauzion, 12-Damien Traille, 11-Christophe Dominici; 10-Frederic Michalak, 9-Dimitri Yachvili; 8-Thomas Lievremont, 7-Olivier Magne, 6-Serge Betsen, 5-Pascal Pape, 4-Fabien Pelous (captain), 3-Pieter de Villiers, 2-William Servat, 1-Sylvain Marconnet.
Replacements: 16-Yannick Bru, 17-Jean-Jacques Crenca, 18-David Auradou, 19-Julien Bonnaire, 20-Julien Peyrelongue, 21-Clement Poitrenaud, 22-Vicent Clerc.