diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 69198478d..ef947acd2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 	* tools/sane-desc.el.in tools/sane-desc-ext.el: Removed because
 	  these emacs-lisp scripts haven't been used for some time now.
 	  Use sane-desc.c instead.
+	* configure configure.in tools/.cvsignore tools/Makefile.in
+	  tools/README: Removed references to sane-desc.el.
 
 2003-06-15  Henning Meier-Geinitz <henning@meier-geinitz.de>
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7864299fe..95c98bb1e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -23804,8 +23804,6 @@ DISTCLEAN_FILES="*~ .*~ *.log *.bak *.old *.orig *.out *.rej \"\#\"* \".\\#\"*"
 
                                                                                                               ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile lib/Makefile sanei/Makefile frontend/Makefile japi/Makefile backend/Makefile include/Makefile doc/Makefile po/Makefile testsuite/Makefile tools/Makefile"
 
-          ac_config_files="$ac_config_files tools/sane-desc.el"
-
           ac_config_files="$ac_config_files tools/sane-config"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -24343,7 +24341,6 @@ do
   "po/Makefile" ) CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES po/Makefile" ;;
   "testsuite/Makefile" ) CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES testsuite/Makefile" ;;
   "tools/Makefile" ) CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES tools/Makefile" ;;
-  "tools/sane-desc.el" ) CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES tools/sane-desc.el" ;;
   "tools/sane-config" ) CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES tools/sane-config" ;;
   "include/sane/config.h" ) CONFIG_HEADERS="$CONFIG_HEADERS include/sane/config.h" ;;
   *) { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: invalid argument: $ac_config_target" >&5
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 612837280..23a5a2f92 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@ AC_SUBST(DISTCLEAN_FILES)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile lib/Makefile sanei/Makefile frontend/Makefile
   japi/Makefile backend/Makefile include/Makefile doc/Makefile
   po/Makefile testsuite/Makefile tools/Makefile])
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([tools/sane-desc.el])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([tools/sane-config], [chmod a+x tools/sane-config])
 AC_OUTPUT
 
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.in b/tools/Makefile.in
index a4c9158bf..f16d0eb02 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.in
+++ b/tools/Makefile.in
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ LIBSANEI = ../sanei/libsanei.a
 LIBLIB = ../lib/liblib.a
 
 DISTFILES = Makefile.in README libtool-get-dll-ext mustek600iin-off.c \
-  sane-config.in sane-desc.c sane-desc.el.in sane-desc-ext.el \
+  sane-config.in sane-desc.c \
   sane-find-scanner.c umax_pp.c xerox gamma4scanimage.c check-po.awk
 
 .PHONY: all clean depend dist distclean install uninstall
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf .libs
 
 distclean: clean
-	rm -f Makefile $(DESTINATIONS) mustek600iin-off sane-desc.el sane-desc
+	rm -f Makefile $(DESTINATIONS) mustek600iin-off sane-desc
 	rm -f $(DISTCLEAN_FILES)
 
 dist: $(DISTFILES)
diff --git a/tools/README b/tools/README
index 98b5a2efe..4a9082ec2 100644
--- a/tools/README
+++ b/tools/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2003-05-05
+2003-06-18
 
 This directory contains various tools that may be useful:
 
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ Maybe useful for SANE developers:
         Run "sane-desc --help" for details. The default lists are generated
         in doc/Makefile. 
 
- sane-desc.el, sane-desc-ext.el (OBSOLETE):
-        These are the old elisp scripts to automagically generate descriptive
-        SANE webpages from backend .desc files with emacs. Look at the
-        top of the file for more details. They are here just for reference. Use
-        sane-desc instead.
-
  check-po.awk:
         Print untranslated and fuzzy messages and their line numbers in the
         source code and po file. Example: