diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 234c6cf6..a83a6c76 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ To compile irssi you need:
 
 For most people, this should work just fine:
 
- ./autogen.sh     (for people who just cloned the repository)
- ./configure      (if this script already exists, skip ./autogen.sh)
+ ./configure
  make
  su
  make install     (not _really_ required except for perl support)