diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3453fcdda6..409bb0b5ef 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-02-09  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
+
+	* Makefile.am: remove hack for making bindist work with autoconf
+	<=1.4. This broke non GNU make programs.
+
 2005-02-07  Lars Gullik Bjonnes  <larsbj@gullik.net>
 
 	* configure.ac (AH_BOTTOM): make BOOST_POSIX be defined for cygwin
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 1778e4ff5a..49054584cb 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ endif
 EXTRA_DIST = ANNOUNCE INSTALL.OS2 INSTALL.autoconf README.OS2 \
 	UPGRADING lyx.man autogen.sh
 
-# Hack so that the targets that use tar will also work with automake 1.4
-AMTAR ?= $(TAR)
-
 man_MANS = lyx.1
 
 ## Needed by bindist