diff --git a/gimp-help.changes b/gimp-help.changes
index b29e6c4..758a34f 100644
--- a/gimp-help.changes
+++ b/gimp-help.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb  5 19:06:55 UTC 2013 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Pass XML2POFLAGS= to make: do not use the special 'gimpmode' for
+  xml2po.
+- No longer unset MALLOC_CHECK_ and MALLOC_PERTURB_, as not using
+  gimpmode does not expose the crash.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jan 12 14:40:37 UTC 2013 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gimp-help.spec b/gimp-help.spec
index e71282b..a8196bf 100644
--- a/gimp-help.spec
+++ b/gimp-help.spec
@@ -290,10 +290,8 @@ This package provides Chinese data for gimp-help.
 %patch0 -p1
 
 %build
-unset MALLOC_CHECK_
-unset MALLOC_PERTURB_
 %configure
-make
+make XML2POFLAGS=
 
 # unify the permissions of images, to make fdupes working again (bnc#784670)
 find images/ -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} +