2 files changed, 2 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 82498f955..7153fd6b7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2007-09-02  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
+	* bootstrap (WGET_COMMAND): Remove code to set this variable.
+
 	Ensure that $(VERSION) is up to date for dist-related targets.
 	* GNUmakefile: Arrange to rerun autoconf, if the version reported by
 	git-version-gen doesn't match $(VERSION), but only for dist targets.
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 39c6971a2..295e92a3e 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -293,17 +293,6 @@ update_po_files() {
 
 case $SKIP_PO in
 '')
-  case `wget --help` in
-  *'--no-cache'*)
-    WGET_COMMAND='wget -nv --no-cache';;
-  *'--cache=on/off'*)
-    WGET_COMMAND='wget -nv --cache=off';;
-  *'--non-verbose'*)
-    WGET_COMMAND='wget -nv';;
-  *)
-    WGET_COMMAND='';;
-  esac
-
   if test -d po; then
     update_po_files po $package || exit
   fi