diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 020e1663d..0cdcb885f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2005-10-14  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Clarify the cURL keyserver changes, and add a note about
+	gpg-zip.
+
+	* configure.ac: Remove the backsig configure options since this is
+	all done at runtime now.
+
 2005-10-11  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
 
 	* configure.ac: Did some backsig testing with the PGP folks.  All
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ac6a483d2..9fe4ca9b9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.3
 ------------------------------------------------
 
     * If available, cURL-based keyserver helpers are built that can
-      retrieve keys using any protocol that cURL supports.  This
-      includes HKP as well as all protocols that cURL can handle
+      retrieve keys using HKP or any protocol that cURL supports
       (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, etc).  If cURL is not available, HKP
-      and HTTP are still supported using the included code.  To force
-      building the old keyserver helpers, use the configure option
-      --enable-old-keyserver-helpers.  Note that none of this affects
-      finger or LDAP support, which are unchanged.
+      and HTTP are still supported using a built-in cURL emulator.  To
+      force building the old pre-cURL keyserver helpers, use the
+      configure option --enable-old-keyserver-helpers.  Note that none
+      of this affects finger or LDAP support, which are unchanged.
+      Note also that a future version of GnuPG will remove the old
+      keyserver helpers altogether.
 
     * Implemented Public Key Association (PKA) trust model option.
       This is an optional trust model on top of the standard ones.  It
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.3
       associate a mail address with an OpenPGP key.  See: XXXX for a
       description.
 
+    * Added "gpg-zip", a program to create encrypted archives that can
+      interoperate with PGP Zip.
+
 
 Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.2 (2005-07-26)
 ------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d77d4eaca..d04ddf677 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -129,13 +129,6 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(gnupg-iconv,
               gnupg_use_iconv=$enableval, gnupg_use_iconv=yes)
 AC_MSG_RESULT($gnupg_use_iconv)
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to require signing subkeys to have back signatures])
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(backsigs,
-              AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-backsigs],
-                             [require signing subkeys to have back signatures]),
-              do_backsigs=$enableval, do_backsigs=no)
-AC_MSG_RESULT($do_backsigs)
-
 dnl See if we are disabling any algorithms or features for a smaller
 dnl binary
 
@@ -757,10 +750,6 @@ if test "$gnupg_use_iconv" = yes ; then
   AC_DEFINE(USE_GNUPG_ICONV,1,[Define to use the new iconv based code])
 fi
 
-if test "$do_backsigs" = no ; then
-  AC_DEFINE(FAKE_BACKSIGS,1,[Define to fake missing backsigs])
-fi
-
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_CARD_SUPPORT, test "$card_support" = yes)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_AGENT_SUPPORT, test "$agent_support" = yes)