diff --git a/eicon/configure b/eicon/configure
index c3d49ee4..07e81ac7 100755
--- a/eicon/configure
+++ b/eicon/configure
@@ -610,7 +610,6 @@ CONFIG_SBINDIR
 CONFIG_KERNELDIR
 CONFIG_DATADIR
 CONFIG_EICONCTRL_DEBUG
-MANDATE
 INSTALL
 HAVE_NATIVE
 HAVE_NPCI
@@ -2098,7 +2097,6 @@ CONFIG_SBINDIR=${sbindir:-"/usr/sbin"}
 CONFIG_CARD_SBINDIR=${CONFIG_CARD_SBINDIR:-"/sbin"}
 CONFIG_MANDIR=${mandir:-"/usr/man"}
 CONFIG_EICONCTRL_DEBUG=${CONFIG_EICONCTRL_DEBUG:-"n"}
-MANDATE=`grep CHECKIN eiconctrl.man.in | awk '{print $4}'`
 
 ac_aux_dir=
 for ac_dir in "$srcdir" "$srcdir/.." "$srcdir/../.."; do
@@ -3816,7 +3814,6 @@ HAVE_NATIVE=n
 
 
 
-
 ac_config_headers="$ac_config_headers config.h"
 
 
diff --git a/eicon/configure.ac b/eicon/configure.ac
index c14c9722..db232fab 100644
--- a/eicon/configure.ac
+++ b/eicon/configure.ac
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ CONFIG_SBINDIR=${sbindir:-"/usr/sbin"}
 CONFIG_CARD_SBINDIR=${CONFIG_CARD_SBINDIR:-"/sbin"}
 CONFIG_MANDIR=${mandir:-"/usr/man"}
 CONFIG_EICONCTRL_DEBUG=${CONFIG_EICONCTRL_DEBUG:-"n"}
-MANDATE=`grep CHECKIN eiconctrl.man.in | awk '{print $4}'`
 
 dnl Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ AC_SUBST(HAVE_NPCI)
 AC_SUBST(HAVE_NATIVE, [n])
 
 AC_SUBST(INSTALL)
-AC_SUBST(MANDATE)
 AC_SUBST(CONFIG_EICONCTRL_DEBUG)
 AC_SUBST(CONFIG_DATADIR)
 AC_SUBST(CONFIG_KERNELDIR)
diff --git a/eicon/divaload.man.in b/eicon/divaload.man.in
index 2a70403c..2873fc3f 100644
--- a/eicon/divaload.man.in
+++ b/eicon/divaload.man.in
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-.\" $Id: $
-.\"
-.\" CHECKIN $Date: $
-.\"
 .\" Process this file with
 .\" groff -man -Tascii divaload.man for ASCII output, or
 .\" groff -man -Tps divaload.man for PostScript output
 .\"
-.TH DIVALOAD 8 "@MANDATE@" divaload "Linux System Administration"
+.TH DIVALOAD 8 "December 2000" divaload "Linux System Administration"
 .SH NAME
 divaload \- configure Eicon Diva active ISDN card 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/eicon/divalog.man.in b/eicon/divalog.man.in
index 79e1d599..030acf53 100644
--- a/eicon/divalog.man.in
+++ b/eicon/divalog.man.in
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-.\" $Id: $
-.\"
-.\" CHECKIN $Date: $
-.\"
 .\" Process this file with
 .\" groff -man -Tascii divalog for ASCII output, or
 .\" groff -man -Tps divalog for PostScript output
 .\"
-.TH DIVALOG 8 "@MANDATE@" divalog "Linux System Administration"
+.TH DIVALOG 8 "December 2000" divalog "Linux System Administration"
 .SH NAME
 divalog \- Utility to read and translate messages from divalogd
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/eicon/divalogd.man.in b/eicon/divalogd.man.in
index 7ef02525..e4b555b4 100644
--- a/eicon/divalogd.man.in
+++ b/eicon/divalogd.man.in
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-.\" $Id: $
-.\"
-.\" CHECKIN $Date: $
-.\"
 .\" Process this file with
 .\" groff -man -Tascii divalog for ASCII output, or
 .\" groff -man -Tps divalog for PostScript output
 .\"
-.TH DIVALOGD 8 "@MANDATE@" divalogd "Linux System Administration"
+.TH DIVALOGD 8 "December 2000" divalogd "Linux System Administration"
 .SH NAME
 divalogd \- utility to record messages from Diva cards
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/eicon/eiconctrl.man.in b/eicon/eiconctrl.man.in
index fcfa1caa..818f8b7d 100644
--- a/eicon/eiconctrl.man.in
+++ b/eicon/eiconctrl.man.in
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-.\" $Id: eiconctrl.man.in,v 1.12 2000/12/02 21:39:42 armin Exp $
-.\"
-.\" CHECKIN $Date: 2000/12/02 21:39:42 $
-.\"
 .\" Process this file with
 .\" groff -man -Tascii eiconctrl.1 for ASCII output, or
 .\" groff -man -Tps eiconctrl.1 for PostScript output
 .\"
-.TH EICONCTRL 8 "@MANDATE@" eiconctrl-V2.3 "Linux System Administration"
+.TH EICONCTRL 8 "December 2000" eiconctrl-V2.3 "Linux System Administration"
 .SH NAME
 eiconctrl \- configure Eicon active ISDN card 
 .SH SYNOPSIS