diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 27d9f5bee88c3456b9b29ab9ea8a701cc74e15fe_SU5TVEFMTA==..91b9e80c7c982e8364b005523223c5a73401a9b2_SU5TVEFMTA== 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 (possibly after having gained root access) to install the library
 and associated include and scripts.
 
-When installing from a checkout of the GNOME CVS base:
-======================================================
+When installing from a Git clone:
+=================================
 
 
 run ./autogen.sh possibly indicating the desired installation prefix: 
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 27d9f5bee88c3456b9b29ab9ea8a701cc74e15fe_TWFrZWZpbGUuYW0=..91b9e80c7c982e8364b005523223c5a73401a9b2_TWFrZWZpbGUuYW0= 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@
 	touch $(distdir)/doc/*.xml
 	touch $(distdir)/doc/EXSLT/*.xml
 	touch $(distdir)/libxslt/*.syms
-	(cd $(srcdir) ; tar -cf - --exclude CVS --exclude .svn win32 vms examples) | (cd $(distdir); tar xf -)
-
-CVS_EXTRA_DIST =
+	(cd $(srcdir) ; tar -cf - win32 vms examples) | (cd $(distdir); tar xf -)
 
 EXTRA_DIST = xsltConf.sh.in xslt-config.in libxslt.spec libxslt.spec.in \
              FEATURES TODO Copyright libxslt.m4 \
 	     win32/libxslt/libxslt.def win32/libxslt/libxslt.dsw \
 	     win32/libxslt/libxslt_so.dsp win32/libxslt/xsltproc.dsp \
@@ -23,10 +21,9 @@
 
 EXTRA_DIST = xsltConf.sh.in xslt-config.in libxslt.spec libxslt.spec.in \
              FEATURES TODO Copyright libxslt.m4 \
 	     win32/libxslt/libxslt.def win32/libxslt/libxslt.dsw \
 	     win32/libxslt/libxslt_so.dsp win32/libxslt/xsltproc.dsp \
-	     CMakeLists.txt config.h.cmake.in FindGcrypt.cmake libxslt-config.cmake.in libxslt-config.cmake.cmake.in \
-	     $(CVS_EXTRA_DIST)
+	     CMakeLists.txt config.h.cmake.in FindGcrypt.cmake libxslt-config.cmake.in libxslt-config.cmake.cmake.in
 
 ## We create xsltConf.sh here and not from configure because we want
 ## to get the paths expanded correctly.  Macros like srcdir are given
diff --git a/libexslt/exsltconfig.h.in b/libexslt/exsltconfig.h.in
index 27d9f5bee88c3456b9b29ab9ea8a701cc74e15fe_bGliZXhzbHQvZXhzbHRjb25maWcuaC5pbg==..91b9e80c7c982e8364b005523223c5a73401a9b2_bGliZXhzbHQvZXhzbHRjb25maWcuaC5pbg== 100644
--- a/libexslt/exsltconfig.h.in
+++ b/libexslt/exsltconfig.h.in
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 /**
  * LIBEXSLT_VERSION_EXTRA:
  *
- * extra version information, used to show a CVS compilation
+ * extra version information, used to show a Git commit description
  */
 #define	LIBEXSLT_VERSION_EXTRA "@LIBEXSLT_VERSION_EXTRA@"
 
diff --git a/libxslt/xsltconfig.h.in b/libxslt/xsltconfig.h.in
index 27d9f5bee88c3456b9b29ab9ea8a701cc74e15fe_bGlieHNsdC94c2x0Y29uZmlnLmguaW4=..91b9e80c7c982e8364b005523223c5a73401a9b2_bGlieHNsdC94c2x0Y29uZmlnLmguaW4= 100644
--- a/libxslt/xsltconfig.h.in
+++ b/libxslt/xsltconfig.h.in
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 /**
  * LIBXSLT_VERSION_EXTRA:
  *
- * extra version information, used to show a CVS compilation
+ * extra version information, used to show a Git commit description
  */
 #define	LIBXSLT_VERSION_EXTRA "@LIBXSLT_VERSION_EXTRA@"
 
diff --git a/tests/docbook/Makefile.am b/tests/docbook/Makefile.am
index 27d9f5bee88c3456b9b29ab9ea8a701cc74e15fe_dGVzdHMvZG9jYm9vay9NYWtlZmlsZS5hbQ==..91b9e80c7c982e8364b005523223c5a73401a9b2_dGVzdHMvZG9jYm9vay9NYWtlZmlsZS5hbQ== 100644
--- a/tests/docbook/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/docbook/Makefile.am
@@ -186,4 +186,4 @@
 	  rm -f $$out ; done )
 
 dist-hook:
-	@(cd $(srcdir) ; tar -cf - --exclude CVS --exclude .svn common html dtd lib xhtml fo doc images template htmlhelp result test) | (cd $(distdir); tar xf -)
+	@(cd $(srcdir) ; tar -cf - common html dtd lib xhtml fo doc images template htmlhelp result test) | (cd $(distdir); tar xf -)