diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 9251385d2..ecff43bda 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -248,14 +248,7 @@ depend: siglist.c signame.c tsgetusershell.c
 # The CODEOWNERS file is not present in the release tarball.
 ChangeLog:
 	if test -f $(srcdir)/docs/CODEOWNERS; then \
-	    if test -d $(srcdir)/.hg && hg -R $(srcdir) identify -ibt >stamp-$@.tmp 2>&1; then \
-		cmp stamp-$@.tmp stamp-$@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || { \
-		    mv -f stamp-$@.tmp stamp-$@; \
-		    if hg log -R $(srcdir) --template=changelog -r "sort(branch(.) or follow(), -date)" > $@.tmp; then \
-			mv -f $@.tmp $(srcdir)/$@; \
-		    fi; \
-		}; \
-	    elif test -d $(srcdir)/.git && git --git-dir $(srcdir)/.git describe --tags >stamp-$@.tmp 2>&1; then \
+	    if test -d $(srcdir)/.git && git --git-dir $(srcdir)/.git describe --tags >stamp-$@.tmp 2>&1; then \
 		cmp stamp-$@.tmp stamp-$@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || { \
 		    mv -f stamp-$@.tmp stamp-$@; \
 		    if $(scriptdir)/log2cl.pl -R $(srcdir)/.git > $@.tmp; then \
@@ -385,10 +378,10 @@ mkdefaults:
 	cd plugins/sudoers && exec $(MAKE) DEVEL=1 ./def_data.c ./def_data.h
 
 check-dist: update-pot compile-po mkdefaults
-	@if test -d $(srcdir)/.hg && cd $(srcdir); then \
-	    if test `hg stat -am | wc -l` -ne 0; then \
+	@if test -d $(srcdir)/.git && cd $(srcdir); then \
+	    if git status -s | grep -q '^ *M'; then \
 		echo "Uncommitted changes" 1>&2; \
-		hg stat -am 1>&2; \
+		git status -s | grep '^ *M'; \
 		exit 1; \
 	    fi; \
 	fi