diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5c8090389..fb4fffbad 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2002-08-21  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
+	* configure.in: Bump version to 4.6.0-pre1a.  Don't use
+	arguments in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE to avoid defining the version in
+	two places.
+
 	Release mc-4.6.0-pre1.
 
 	* configure.in: Bump version to 4.6.0-pre1.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5e55d834e..f1b3d60c1 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ dnl
 dnl Configure.in file for the Midnight Commander
 dnl
 
-AC_INIT(GNU Midnight Commander, 4.5.99a, mc-devel@gnome.org)
-AC_PREREQ(2.52)
-AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/main.c)
-AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(mc, 4.6.0-pre1)
+AC_INIT([GNU mc], [4.6.0-pre1a], [mc-devel@gnome.org])
+AC_PREREQ([2.52])
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE