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diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 1cde1a434..b1202b540 100644
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -564,8 +564,8 @@ xd-delta = $(PACKAGE)-$(PREV_VERSION)-$(VERSION).xdelta
rel-files = $(xd-delta) $(DIST_ARCHIVES)
-# Approximate date of last "update" by the date on the ChangeLog file.
-gnulib_snapshot_date = $$(date -u --date $$cl_date '+%Y-%m-%d %T %z')
+# Approximate the date of last gnulib "update" by the ChangeLog file's
+# mtime, and provide that date in the announcement.
announcement: NEWS ChangeLog $(rel-files)
@cl_date=$$(stat --printf @%Y $(gnulib_dir)/ChangeLog); \
utc_date=$$(date -u --date $$cl_date '+%Y-%m-%d %T %z'); \