diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0caa0c05d..111db82e1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ py-compile
 test-driver
 
 INSTALL
-ChangeLog
 /glib-lcov.info
 /glib-lcov/
 
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 96f1fd516..0101c3d50 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -99,24 +99,10 @@ EXTRA_DIST += $(meson_build_files)
 # These may be in the builddir too
 BUILT_EXTRA_DIST += 		\
 	INSTALL			\
-	ChangeLog		\
 	$(NULL)
 
 CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES = acglib.m4
 
-ChangeLog:
-	$(AM_V_GEN) if test -d "$(srcdir)/.git"; then \
-	  (GIT_DIR=$(top_srcdir)/.git ./missing --run git log GLIB_2_20_0^^.. --stat) | fmt --split-only > $@.tmp \
-	  && mv -f $@.tmp $@ \
-	  || ($(RM) $@.tmp; \
-	      echo Failed to generate ChangeLog, your ChangeLog may be outdated >&2; \
-	      (test -f $@ || echo git-log is required to generate this file >> $@)); \
-	else \
-	  test -f $@ || \
-	  (echo A git checkout and git-log is required to generate ChangeLog >&2 && \
-	  echo A git checkout and git-log is required to generate this file >> $@); \
-	fi
-
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = glib-2.0.pc gobject-2.0.pc gmodule-2.0.pc gmodule-export-2.0.pc gmodule-no-export-2.0.pc gthread-2.0.pc gio-2.0.pc
 
@@ -144,7 +130,7 @@ distclean-local: lcov-clean
 	    rm -f $(BUILT_EXTRA_DIST); \
 	fi
 
-.PHONY: files release sanity snapshot ChangeLog
+.PHONY: files release sanity snapshot
 
 files:
 	@files=`ls $(DISTFILES) 2> /dev/null `; for p in $$files; do \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 38564e790..213e3c083 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4macros])
 # Save this value here, since automake will set cflags later
 cflags_set=${CFLAGS:+set}
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.13.3 -Wno-portability no-define no-dist-gzip dist-xz tar-ustar subdir-objects])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.13.3 -Wno-portability no-define no-dist-gzip dist-xz tar-ustar subdir-objects foreign])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([enable])
 
 # Support silent build rules. Disable