diff --git a/contrib/ChangeLog b/contrib/ChangeLog
index 7f65f3993fb..ad8078f932f 100644
--- a/contrib/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-08-25  Ben Elliston  <bje@au.ibm.com>
+
+	* gcc_update (libcpp/Makefile.in): Remove libcpp/Makefile.am.
+
 2004-08-20  Andreas Tobler  <a.tobler@schweiz.ch>
 
 	* gcc_update (self): libjava/configure.in -> configure.ac. Automake
diff --git a/contrib/gcc_update b/contrib/gcc_update
index 55a6e37ef6f..2c1e742d29d 100755
--- a/contrib/gcc_update
+++ b/contrib/gcc_update
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ libjava/libltdl/Makefile.in: libjava/libltdl/Makefile.am libjava/libltdl/configu
 libjava/libltdl/configure: libjava/libltdl/configure.ac libjava/libltdl/aclocal.m4
 libjava/libltdl/config-h.in: libjava/libltdl/configure.ac libjava/libltdl/aclocal.m4
 libcpp/aclocal.m4: libcpp/configure.ac
-libcpp/Makefile.in: libcpp/Makefile.am libcpp/configure.ac libcpp/aclocal.m4
+libcpp/Makefile.in: libcpp/configure.ac libcpp/aclocal.m4
 libcpp/configure: libcpp/configure.ac libcpp/aclocal.m4
 # Top level
 Makefile.in: Makefile.tpl Makefile.def