diff --git a/po/ChangeLog b/po/ChangeLog
index 1a55d1543..28130bbd3 100644
--- a/po/ChangeLog
+++ b/po/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-03-01  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in.in: Don't use obsolete calling convention for
+	config.status.
+
 2009-03-01  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	Bug 573527 – Wrong shell to run config.status in Makefile.in.in
diff --git a/po/Makefile.in.in b/po/Makefile.in.in
index 1686b0f75..15d6a2080 100644
--- a/po/Makefile.in.in
+++ b/po/Makefile.in.in
@@ -263,8 +263,7 @@ POTFILES: POTFILES.in
 
 Makefile: Makefile.in.in ../config.status POTFILES
 	cd .. \
-	  && CONFIG_FILES=$(subdir)/$@.in CONFIG_HEADERS= \
-	       $(SHELL) ./config.status
+	  && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@.in
 
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make not to export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.