diff --git a/hisax/configure b/hisax/configure
index 2f926f4b..a33f8e00 100755
--- a/hisax/configure
+++ b/hisax/configure
@@ -607,7 +607,6 @@ CONFIG_MANDIR
 CONFIG_DATADIR
 CONFIG_SBINDIR
 I4LVERSION
-MANDATE
 EGREP
 GREP
 CPP
@@ -2079,7 +2078,6 @@ CONFIG_SBINDIR=${sbindir:-"/sbin"}
 CONFIG_DATADIR=${CONFIG_FIRMWAREDIR:-"/usr/lib/isdn"}
 CONFIG_MANDIR=${mandir:-"/usr/man"}
 CONFIG_HISAXCTRL=${CONFIG_HISAXCTRL:-"n"}
-MANDATE=`grep CHECKIN hisaxctrl.man.in | awk '{print $4}'`
 
 ac_ext=c
 ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
@@ -3437,7 +3435,6 @@ fi
 
 
 
-
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile hisaxctrl.man"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
diff --git a/hisax/configure.ac b/hisax/configure.ac
index d4f575e0..b58b95c7 100644
--- a/hisax/configure.ac
+++ b/hisax/configure.ac
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ CONFIG_SBINDIR=${sbindir:-"/sbin"}
 CONFIG_DATADIR=${CONFIG_FIRMWAREDIR:-"/usr/lib/isdn"}
 CONFIG_MANDIR=${mandir:-"/usr/man"}
 CONFIG_HISAXCTRL=${CONFIG_HISAXCTRL:-"n"}
-MANDATE=`grep CHECKIN hisaxctrl.man.in | awk '{print $4}'`
 
 dnl Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CC
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(hisax,
 )
 
 dnl Define which variables to substitute & which files to generate
-AC_SUBST(MANDATE)
 AC_SUBST(I4LVERSION)
 AC_SUBST(CONFIG_SBINDIR)
 AC_SUBST(CONFIG_DATADIR)
diff --git a/hisax/hisaxctrl.man.in b/hisax/hisaxctrl.man.in
index 67bdf236..2ef088c3 100644
--- a/hisax/hisaxctrl.man.in
+++ b/hisax/hisaxctrl.man.in
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-.\" $Id: hisaxctrl.man.in,v 1.2 2001/08/09 19:23:53 paul Exp $
-.\"
-.\" CHECKIN $Date: 2001/08/09 19:23:53 $
-.\"
 .\" Process this file with
 .\" groff -man -Tascii hisaxctrl.1 for ASCII output, or
 .\" groff -man -Tps hisaxctrl.1 for PostScript output
 .\"
-.TH HISAXCTRL 8 "@MANDATE@" isdn4k-utils-@I4LVERSION@ "Linux System Administration"
+.TH HISAXCTRL 8 "August 2001" isdn4k-utils-@I4LVERSION@ "Linux System Administration"
 .SH NAME
 hisaxctrl \- configure HiSax-Module
 .SH SYNOPSIS