diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a3a52322..07dd5018 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-04-13  Scott James Remnant  <scott@netsplit.com>
+
+	* Makefile.am (XDELTA_OPTIONS): Remove --pristine as that
+	generates huge xdeltas.
+
 2004-04-08  Gary V. Vaughan  <gary@gnu.org>
 
 	* libltdl/ltdl.c (argz_append, argz_create_sep, argz_insert)
diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index a44efd64..b8c22b22 100644
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ delta-diff: prev-tarball new-tarball
 	rm -rf delta-diff
 
 XDELTA = xdelta
-XDELTA_OPTIONS = --pristine -9
+XDELTA_OPTIONS = -9
 
 .PHONY: delta-xdelta
 delta-xdelta: prev-tarball new-tarball got-xdelta