diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 93bf57a0..055d3d16 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	"Unknown Command" message on every cursor-positioning mouse click.
 	* src/nano.c (do_mouse): Put a common statement outside of then/else.
 	* src/Makefile.am: Remove -I m4; it is needed only at the top level.
+	* Makefile.am: Trim the contents of EXTRA_DIST to what is required.
 
 2014-06-14  Mark Majeres  <mark@engine12.com>
 	* src/nano.h, src/text.c (undo_cut, update_undo): When undoing a
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0887753a..d24a3c7c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu no-dependencies
 
 SUBDIRS = doc m4 po src
 
-EXTRA_DIST = ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS BUGS COPYING COPYING.DOC ChangeLog \
-		ChangeLog.pre-2.1 INSTALL NEWS README README.SVN \
-		THANKS TODO UPGRADE config.rpath install-sh missing \
-		mkinstalldirs nano.spec
+EXTRA_DIST = BUGS ChangeLog.pre-2.1 README.SVN UPGRADE nano.spec
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4