diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1507aab..f456679 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-12-14  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	Cleanup useless removals.
+	* lib/Makefile.in (distclean): No need to remove 'libtool'.
+
 2016-12-04  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	Update comments.
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.in b/lib/Makefile.in
index 78b4f1e..9871a3c 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib/Makefile.in
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 	$(RM) -r .libs _libs
 
 distclean : clean
-	$(RM) Makefile config.h libtool
+	$(RM) Makefile config.h
 
 maintainer-clean : distclean
 
diff --git a/libcharset/lib/ChangeLog b/libcharset/lib/ChangeLog
index d3271e1..63cd184 100644
--- a/libcharset/lib/ChangeLog
+++ b/libcharset/lib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-12-14  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	Cleanup useless removals.
+	* Makefile.in (distclean): No need to remove config.* and libtool.
+
 2016-12-03  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	Create tarballs through an Automake-like "make dist" command.
diff --git a/libcharset/lib/Makefile.in b/libcharset/lib/Makefile.in
index b69d5c4..569b23f 100644
--- a/libcharset/lib/Makefile.in
+++ b/libcharset/lib/Makefile.in
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 	$(RM) -r .libs _libs
 
 distclean : clean
-	$(RM) config.status config.log config.cache Makefile libtool
+	$(RM) Makefile
 
 maintainer-clean : distclean