diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 95b1f25..e750157 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ docdir = $(prefix)/share/doc/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
 ## This is for HTML and other documentation you want to install.
 ## Add your documentation files (in doc/) in addition to these
 ## top-level boilerplate files.  Also add a TODO file if you have one.
-dist_doc_DATA = AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README.md README.windows \
+dist_doc_DATA = AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL README.md README.windows \
                 doc/designstyle.css doc/glog.html
 
 ## The libraries (.so's) you want to install
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index fecdda3..08b6590 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-touch NEWS
 autoreconf -i
diff --git a/packages/deb/docs b/packages/deb/docs
index e35aa2c..6da25d4 100644
--- a/packages/deb/docs
+++ b/packages/deb/docs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ AUTHORS
 COPYING
 ChangeLog
 INSTALL
-NEWS
 README.md
 doc/designstyle.css
 doc/glog.html
diff --git a/packages/rpm/rpm.spec b/packages/rpm/rpm.spec
index ed9cff8..24ef134 100644
--- a/packages/rpm/rpm.spec
+++ b/packages/rpm/rpm.spec
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 ## documentation.  This depends on the following two lines appearing in
 ## Makefile.am:
 ##     docdir = $(prefix)/share/doc/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
-##     dist_doc_DATA = AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README.md
+##     dist_doc_DATA = AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL README.md
 %docdir %{prefix}/share/doc/%{NAME}-%{VERSION}
 %{prefix}/share/doc/%{NAME}-%{VERSION}/*