diff --git a/scripts/ChangeLog b/scripts/ChangeLog
index 0230fb5f2..7bca302df 100644
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2001-12-21  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
+
+	* distfiles: Removed those files which which automake installs by
+	default.
+
+	* autogen.sh: Replaced $() by backticks for system without a posix
+	shell.  Removed gawk specific quoting. By David Champion.
+
 2001-10-22  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
 
 	* autogen.sh (aclocal_vers): Require automalke 1.5.
diff --git a/scripts/autogen.sh b/scripts/autogen.sh
index 215818965..6df5413d3 100755
--- a/scripts/autogen.sh
+++ b/scripts/autogen.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ aclocal_vers=1.5
 
 DIE=no
 if test "$1" = "--build-w32"; then
-    tsdir=$(cd `dirname $0`; cd ..; pwd)
+    tmp=`dirname $0`
+    tsdir=`cd "$tmp"`; cd ..; pwd)
     shift
     host=i386--mingw32
     if [ ! -f $tsdir/scripts/config.guess ]; then
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-if (gettext --version </dev/null 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR==1 { split($4,A,"\."); \
+if (gettext --version </dev/null 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR==1 { split($4,A,"."); \
     X=10000*A[1]+100*A[2]+A[3]; echo X; if( X >= 1038 ) exit 1; exit 0}')
     then
     echo "**Error**: You must have "\`gettext\'" installed to compile $PGM."
diff --git a/scripts/distfiles b/scripts/distfiles
index 8a81c9da8..6a1ef2666 100644
--- a/scripts/distfiles
+++ b/scripts/distfiles
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
-config.guess
-config.sub
-install-sh
-mkinstalldirs
 mkdiff
 build-w32
-missing
 gnupg.spec.in
 autogen.sh
-ChangeLog