diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 505ea40f..0a6edc13 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-05-06  Marcus Brinkmann  <marcus@g10code.com>
+
+	* acinclude.m4 (GNUPG_FIX_HDR_VERSION): Remove.
+
 2011-04-14  Werner Koch  <wk@g10code.com>
 
 	* configure.ac: Require automake 1.11.
diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 96766561..cdfe6e43 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -17,32 +17,6 @@ dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 dnl License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 dnl Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
 
-dnl GNUPG_FIX_HDR_VERSION(FILE, NAME)
-dnl   Make the version number stored in NAME in the header file FILE the
-dnl   same as the one here.  This is easier than to have a .in file just
-dnl   for one substitution.
-dnl   We must use a temp file in the current directory because make
-dnl   distcheck installs all sourcefiles RO.
-dnl   (wk 2001-12-18)
-AC_DEFUN([GNUPG_FIX_HDR_VERSION],
-  [ sed "s/^#define $2 \".*/#define $2 \"$VERSION\"/" $srcdir/$1 > fixhdr.tmp
-    if cmp -s $srcdir/$1 fixhdr.tmp 2>/dev/null; then
-        rm -f fixhdr.tmp
-    else
-        rm -f $srcdir/$1
-        if mv fixhdr.tmp $srcdir/$1 ; then
-            :
-        else
-            AC_MSG_ERROR([[
-***
-*** Failed to fix the version string macro $2 in $1.
-*** The old file has been saved as fixhdr.tmp
-***]])
-        fi
-        AC_MSG_WARN([fixed the $2 macro in $1])
-    fi
-  ])
-
 dnl GNUPG_CHECK_VA_COPY()
 dnl   Do some check on how to implement va_copy.
 dnl   May define MUST_COPY_VA_BY_VAL.