diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5473dbd7ef..491e79933c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-08-21  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): removed 'mkinstalldirs' which is not
+	any longer required due to the changes in the po directories.
+
 2008-08-21  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/tools/gimpforegroundselecttool.c
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 027ca934a3..cc2aa117cd 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	config.h.win32		\
 	gimp-zip.in		\
 	gimpdefs.msc		\
-	makefile.msc		\
-	mkinstalldirs
+	makefile.msc
 
 
 DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-gtk-doc