diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
line changes: +4/-6
index 15bb46c..5187ebd
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am

@@ -134,11 +134,9 @@ gen_start_date = 2011-12-17
 .PHONY: gen-ChangeLog
 gen-ChangeLog:
 	$(AM_V_GEN)if test -d .git; then				\
-	  log_fix="$(srcdir)/build-aux/git-log-fix";			\
-	  test -e "$$log_fix" && amend_git_log="--amend=$$log_fix";	\
 	  $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog			\
-	    $$amend_git_log --since=$(gen_start_date) > $(distdir)/cl-t	\
-	  &&								\
-	    { rm -f $(distdir)/ChangeLog &&				\
-	      mv $(distdir)/cl-t $(distdir)/ChangeLog; }		\
+	    --amend=$(srcdir)/build-aux/git-log-fix			\
+	    --since=$(gen_start_date) > $(distdir)/cl-t;		\
+	  rm -f $(distdir)/ChangeLog;					\
+	  mv $(distdir)/cl-t $(distdir)/ChangeLog;			\
 	fi

diff --git a/build-aux/git-log-fix b/build-aux/git-log-fix
line changes: +0/-6
index 75675fd..af702fe
--- a/build-aux/git-log-fix
+++ b/build-aux/git-log-fix

@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
 # This file is expected to be used via gitlog-to-changelog's --amend=FILE
 # option.  It specifies what changes to make to each given SHA1's commit
 # log and metadata, using Perl-eval'able expressions.
-
-# Here is an example, with leading "#" to comment it out:
-#
-#e480417a611ac479f235d423322fadfc1c99f1d7
-## Use full commit id in title:
-#s/714f2a2/714f2a2cef287c51dfd0b49fad0b8d8830565993/