diff --git a/benchmark-suite/ChangeLog b/benchmark-suite/ChangeLog
index 927ff6227..2e3cbdcf8 100644
--- a/benchmark-suite/ChangeLog
+++ b/benchmark-suite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-05-02  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.de>
+
+	* Makefile.am (SCM_BENCHMARKS_DIRS, dist-hook): Removed, they are
+	no longer needed and lead to unclean tarballs.
+
 2004-01-23  Dirk Herrmann  <dirk@dirk-herrmanns-seiten.de>
 
 	* lib.scm: Extracted '/i' to toplevel.  Print the guile version
diff --git a/benchmark-suite/Makefile.am b/benchmark-suite/Makefile.am
index db7674ccf..464150a5c 100644
--- a/benchmark-suite/Makefile.am
+++ b/benchmark-suite/Makefile.am
@@ -3,14 +3,4 @@ SCM_BENCHMARKS = benchmarks/0-reference.bm			\
                  benchmarks/if.bm                               \
                  benchmarks/logand.bm
 
-SCM_BENCHMARKS_DIRS =
-
 EXTRA_DIST = guile-benchmark lib.scm $(SCM_BENCHMARKS)
-
-## Automake should be able to handle the distribution of benchmarks/dirfoo
-## etc without any help, but not all version can handle 'deep'
-## directories.  So we do it on our own.
-dist-hook:
-	for d in "$(SCM_BENCHMARKS_DIRS)"; do \
-	  cp -pR $(srcdir)/$$d $(distdir)/$$d; \
-        done