diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 2585335..c5877e0 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # Makefile.am for barrel
 #
 
-VERSION = $(shell utils/git2log --version VERSION ; cat VERSION)
-
 SUBDIRS = barrel data doc testsuite po
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign dist-xz no-dist-gzip subdir-objects
@@ -17,10 +15,3 @@ barrel-$(VERSION).tar.xz: dist-xz
 package: barrel-$(VERSION).tar.xz
 	rm -f package/barrel-*.tar.xz
 	mv barrel-$(VERSION).tar.xz package/
-
-changes:
-	utils/git2log --changelog --format obs package/barrel.changes
-
-archive:
-	utils/make_package --name barrel
-