diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
deleted file mode 100644
index 25a014e2e0458152eba51ede26a548d6f0c63e04..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/INSTALL
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-Xcomposite is built with the traditional configure script:
-
-	$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/X11R6
-
-This should generate valid Makefiles, then:
-
-        $ make
-        $ make install
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3a5cb4812767db0602e0f042bbdc5c87f941d47d..3a1ba24811bf463377fc26150e970be131454997 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -26,10 +26,13 @@ pkgconfig_DATA = xcomposite.pc
 
 EXTRA_DIST = xcomposite.pc.in 
 
-.PHONY: ChangeLog
+.PHONY: ChangeLog INSTALL
+
+INSTALL:
+	$(INSTALL_CMD)
 
 ChangeLog:
 	$(CHANGELOG_CMD)
 
-dist-hook: ChangeLog
+dist-hook: ChangeLog INSTALL
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000