diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6b1ad6a7e..2a8cd73c2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ tags
 *.log
 *.trs
 
-INSTALL
 /glib-lcov.info
 /glib-lcov/
 
diff --git a/INSTALL.in b/INSTALL.md
similarity index 97%
rename from INSTALL.in
rename to INSTALL.md
index c1463cd04..7c03f39b8 100644
--- a/INSTALL.in
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Simple install procedure
 ========================
 
-  % tar xf glib-@GLIB_VERSION@.tar.gz       # unpack the sources
-  % cd glib-@GLIB_VERSION@                  # change to the toplevel directory
+  % tar xf glib-*.tar.gz                    # unpack the sources
+  % cd glib-*                               # change to the toplevel directory
   % meson _build                            # configure the build
   % ninja -C _build                         # build GLib
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7b436b562..e78a28c2c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The official web site is:
 
 ## Installation
 
-See the file '[INSTALL.in](INSTALL.in)'
+See the file '[INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md)'
 
 ## Supported versions