diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d2e219c90..cb7861164 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-10-21  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
+
+	* configure.ac (PRINTABLE_OS_NAME): Remove special case for The
+	Hurd; Robert Millan reported that the uname test is now
+	sufficient.
+
 2003-10-01  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
 
 	* configure.ac (AH_BOTTOM): Define GNUPG_MAJOR_VERSION. 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 12ff0d703..8cd6196c6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -600,10 +600,6 @@ case "${target}" in
     *-linux*)
         PRINTABLE_OS_NAME="GNU/Linux"
         ;;
-dnl let that after linux to avoid gnu-linux problems
-    *-gnu*)
-        PRINTABLE_OS_NAME="GNU/Hurd"
-        ;;
     *)
         PRINTABLE_OS_NAME=`uname -s || echo "Unknown"`
         ;;