diff --git a/ghc/utils/stat2resid/prefix.txt b/ghc/utils/stat2resid/prefix.txt
index 798670fcd419e0fb1add297223cf6f323972882a..0de9d61f253ce98dcc87e6202a97e20130606bb8 100644
--- a/ghc/utils/stat2resid/prefix.txt
+++ b/ghc/utils/stat2resid/prefix.txt
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 # needs to be uncommented and set, if it hasn't already
 # been set above automatically:
 #
-#$INSTLIBDIR_GHC='/local/fp/lib/fptools/i386-unknown-footos/ghc-2.02';
-#
-#
-# Pls ignore the gumpf that immediately follows..
+#$libdir='/local/fp/lib/fptools/i386-unknown-footos/ghc-2.02';
 #
+
diff --git a/ghc/utils/stat2resid/stat2resid.prl b/ghc/utils/stat2resid/stat2resid.prl
index 80f4b390c905336e720117d036fd1ba08b74ba5b..71e4255f8bdea0c99fabff95c19811082f3cfcb2 100644
--- a/ghc/utils/stat2resid/stat2resid.prl
+++ b/ghc/utils/stat2resid/stat2resid.prl
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 #
 # Perl script expect bindings for the following variables to be prepended
 #
-#   TMPDIR INSTLIBDIR_GHC
+#   TMPDIR libdir
+#
+# without them, not much success :-(
 #
 
-$debug = 0;
+$debug = 0; # first line of script, builds confidence :-)
 $outsuffix = ".resid.ps";	# change as appropriate
 
 if ( $ENV{'TMPDIR'} ) { # where to make tmp file names
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ if ( $ENV{'TMPDIR'} ) { # where to make tmp file names
     $ENV{'TMPDIR'} = ${TMPDIR}; # set the env var as well
 }
 
-@INC = ( ${INSTLIBDIR_GHC} );
+@INC = ( ${libdir} );
 
 require('parse-gcstats.prl')   || die "Can't load parse-gcstats.prl!\n";
 require('process-gcstats.prl') || die "Can't load process-gcstats.prl!\n";