diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c23799c3a0..ea6f1da522 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Tue Aug  6 13:30:44 CEST 2008 Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
+	fix failing "make syntax-check"
+	* src/stats_linux.c: Don't include <c-ctype.h> no longer used.
+
 	work around MinGW build failure due to its lack of inet_aton
 	Use inet_pton instead; pull in gnulib's module by the same name.
 	* src/network_conf.c (virNetworkDefParseXML): Use inet_pton,
diff --git a/src/stats_linux.c b/src/stats_linux.c
index 897251babd..3f7dd52a46 100644
--- a/src/stats_linux.c
+++ b/src/stats_linux.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <regex.h>
-#include "c-ctype.h"
 
 #ifdef WITH_XEN
 #include <xs.h>