diff --git a/libraries/ghc-boot-th/changelog.md b/libraries/ghc-boot-th/changelog.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ed5bbbfd2d136d90922993eba8e39cb48732124..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/libraries/ghc-boot-th/changelog.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-## 8.0.1  *May 2016*
-
-  * Bundled with GHC 8.0.1
-
-  * Initial version
diff --git a/libraries/ghc-boot-th/ghc-boot-th.cabal.in b/libraries/ghc-boot-th/ghc-boot-th.cabal.in
index 66c561fffff8e3df4e3b98eb9bb9c682fdcdff83..9a512f04bfa1ece5e81ca5d8b1e3e5a9d649bef6 100644
--- a/libraries/ghc-boot-th/ghc-boot-th.cabal.in
+++ b/libraries/ghc-boot-th/ghc-boot-th.cabal.in
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ description:    This library contains various bits shared between the @ghc@ and
                 be depended upon by user code.
 cabal-version:  >=1.10
 build-type:     Simple
-extra-source-files: changelog.md
 
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diff --git a/libraries/ghc-boot/changelog.md b/libraries/ghc-boot/changelog.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ed5bbbfd2d136d90922993eba8e39cb48732124..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/libraries/ghc-boot/changelog.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-## 8.0.1  *May 2016*
-
-  * Bundled with GHC 8.0.1
-
-  * Initial version
diff --git a/libraries/ghc-boot/ghc-boot.cabal.in b/libraries/ghc-boot/ghc-boot.cabal.in
index d837fc98754fc15f8bc9ee6e2256e8ba04110747..d0882c13bc6cc3204bb265fd3867e538d3ff09aa 100644
--- a/libraries/ghc-boot/ghc-boot.cabal.in
+++ b/libraries/ghc-boot/ghc-boot.cabal.in
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ description:    This library is shared between GHC, ghc-pkg, and other boot
                 and program do not have to depend on Cabal.
 cabal-version:  >=1.22
 build-type:     Simple
-extra-source-files: changelog.md
 
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