diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/h8300/h8sim/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/h8300/h8sim/ChangeLog
index 7265e51140..86271aa42a 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/h8300/h8sim/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/h8300/h8sim/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-09-29	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* Makefile.am: Eliminate bsp.am. Build startup files as side-effect 
+	of building libbspstart.a, using automake-rules.
+
 2008-09-29	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Eliminate *_SOURCES.
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/h8300/h8sim/Makefile.am b/c/src/lib/libbsp/h8300/h8sim/Makefile.am
index d511f30516..5962ce0a1f 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/h8300/h8sim/Makefile.am
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/h8300/h8sim/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I ../../../../aclocal
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/../../../../automake/compile.am
-include $(top_srcdir)/../../bsp.am
 
 include_bspdir = $(includedir)/bsp
 
@@ -20,14 +19,13 @@ DISTCLEANFILES = include/bspopts.h
 
 nodist_include_HEADERS += ../../shared/include/coverhd.h
 
-EXTRA_DIST = start/start.S
-start.$(OBJEXT): start/start.S
-	$(CPPASCOMPILE) -o $@ -c $<
+noinst_LIBRARIES = libbspstart.a
+libbspstart_a_SOURCES = start/start.S
 project_lib_DATA = start.$(OBJEXT)
 
 dist_project_lib_DATA += startup/linkcmds
 
-noinst_LIBRARIES = libbsp.a
+noinst_LIBRARIES += libbsp.a
 libbsp_a_SOURCES =
 
 # startup
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ libbsp_a_SOURCES += ../../shared/console-polled.c console/console-io.c \
 # timer
 libbsp_a_SOURCES += ../../shared/timerstub.c
 
-EXTRA_DIST += times
+EXTRA_DIST = times
 
 include $(srcdir)/preinstall.am
 include $(top_srcdir)/../../../../automake/local.am