diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3e75f5b0482f732782d249d4d58079a19389f399..380f6a4f9a911dc2bf351735a7536e6c2434a329 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-02-06  Andy Wingo  <wingo@pobox.com>
+
+	* ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.c (gst_bz2enc_class_init): 
+	* ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.c (gst_bz2dec_class_init): No need to init
+	parent_class, the boilerplate does it for you.
+
 2006-02-05  Lutz Mueller <lutz@topfrose.de>
 
 	reviewed by: Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>
diff --git a/ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.c b/ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.c
index 561cc40862502fbc9ff668cb531d4fec205a1cb8..5994d85dba6acbe3c2f416c758451302bacbc075 100644
--- a/ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.c
+++ b/ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.c
@@ -225,8 +225,6 @@ gst_bz2dec_class_init (GstBz2decClass * klass)
 {
   GObjectClass *gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
 
-  parent_class = g_type_class_ref (GST_TYPE_ELEMENT);
-
   gobject_class->finalize = gst_bz2dec_finalize;
   gobject_class->get_property = gst_bz2dec_get_property;
   gobject_class->set_property = gst_bz2dec_set_property;
diff --git a/ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.c b/ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.c
index c4a6d5031f390875fdd647dd7b4ccf7658503bfe..34a5e256f6a51bd34c9d42c3b8568a5d3965bca0 100644
--- a/ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.c
+++ b/ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.c
@@ -288,8 +288,6 @@ gst_bz2enc_class_init (GstBz2encClass * klass)
 {
   GObjectClass *gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
 
-  parent_class = g_type_class_ref (GST_TYPE_ELEMENT);
-
   gobject_class->finalize = gst_bz2enc_finalize;
   gobject_class->set_property = gst_bz2enc_set_property;
   gobject_class->get_property = gst_bz2enc_get_property;