diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index abfde714d..528eb8be5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2000-08-23  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* VERSION.in: removed
+	* Makefile.in: don't do anything with VERSION.in and VERSION
+	Take mc.spec from builddir, not srcdir
+	* configure.in: don't create VERSION
+
 2000-08-22  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* *.c, *.h: Updated address of Free Software Foundation
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 71c8376be..433abc1ce 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
 DISTMAIN =	configure configure.in NEWS README INSTALL INSTALL.FAST \
 		Makefile.in FAQ COPYING create_vcs install-sh \
 		config.h.in mc-aclocal.m4 aclocal.m4 acconfig.h \
-		VERSION mcfn_install.in Make.common.in README.PC \
-		mc.spec mc.spec.in README.QNX VERSION.in MAINTAINERS \
+		mcfn_install.in Make.common.in README.PC \
+		mc.spec.in README.QNX MAINTAINERS \
 		mkinstalldirs ABOUT-NLS gettext.m4 BUGS ChangeLog\
 		config.guess config.sub README.smbfs
 
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ distcopy:
 	cp $(top_srcdir)/po/Makefile.in.in $(top_srcdir)/mc-$(VERSION)/po;
 	cp $(top_srcdir)/po/POTFILES.in $(top_srcdir)/mc-$(VERSION)/po;
 	cp $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po $(top_srcdir)/po/*.gmo $(top_srcdir)/po/mc.pot $(top_srcdir)/po/stamp-cat-id $(top_srcdir)/po/cat-id-tbl.c $(top_srcdir)/mc-$(VERSION)/po;
+	cp mc.spec $(top_srcdir)/mc-$(VERSION)/mc.spec;
 	(cd $(top_srcdir); tar cvf - mc-$(VERSION) | \
 	gzip -f9) > mc-$(VERSION).tar.gz
 
diff --git a/VERSION.in b/VERSION.in
deleted file mode 100644
index a44b12269..000000000
--- a/VERSION.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#define VERSION "@VERSION@"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 998f7bd38..3f0abb031 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1246,7 +1246,6 @@ AC_OUTPUT([
 Make.common 
 Makefile 
 mc.spec
-VERSION
 doc/Makefile 
 doc-gnome/Makefile
 doc-gnome/C/Makefile