diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fb5f3742e1..929522c3bf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ clean:
 	rm -f *.o *.d *~ .libs gmon.out TAGS $(ALLPROGS) $(ALLPROGS_G) \
 	   output_example$(EXESUF) qt-faststart$(EXESUF) cws2fws$(EXESUF)
 
-# Note well: config.log is NOT removed.
 distclean: clean
 	$(MAKE) -C libavutil   distclean
 	$(MAKE) -C libavcodec  distclean
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 75f1b0bca5..2554e8fd89 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1771,8 +1771,6 @@ fi
 
 echo "Creating config.mak and config.h..."
 
-date >> config.log
-echo "   $0 $FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION" >> config.log
 echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify!" > config.mak
 echo "/* Automatically generated by configure - do not modify! */" > $TMPH
 echo "#define FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION "'"'"$FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION"'"' >> $TMPH