diff --git a/gobject/ChangeLog b/gobject/ChangeLog
index ebc75be7c..7a39208e6 100644
--- a/gobject/ChangeLog
+++ b/gobject/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-09-25  Sebastian Wilhelmi  <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
+
+	* Makefile.am: Remove empty SUBDIRS line, as that prevents make
+	dist from working.
+
 Sat Sep  9 20:04:13 2000  Owen Taylor  <otaylor@redhat.com>
 
 	* gobject.c (g_object_last_unref): Move call to
diff --git a/gobject/Makefile.am b/gobject/Makefile.am
index d78fe70c5..d847d8110 100644
--- a/gobject/Makefile.am
+++ b/gobject/Makefile.am
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 #
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
-SUBDIRS =
-
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_builddir) -I. @GLIB_DEBUG_FLAGS@
 
 # libraries to compile and install