diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7a51dc8296..355a331ff6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-12-12	Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de>
+
+	* automake/compile.am: Remove creating $(ARCH) in compilation rules.
+
 2002-12-12	Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de>
 
 	* configure.ac: Require autoconf >= 2.57 and automake-1.7.2.
diff --git a/automake/compile.am b/automake/compile.am
index 1c0b010e18..b925e0a10e 100644
--- a/automake/compile.am
+++ b/automake/compile.am
@@ -88,15 +88,12 @@ AS = $(CC)
 ASCOMPILE = $(AS) $(AM_ASFLAGS) $(ASFLAGS)
 
 ${ARCH}/%.o: %.c
-	test -d $(ARCH) || mkdir $(ARCH)
 	${COMPILE} -o $@ -c $<
 
 ${ARCH}/%.o: %.cc
-	test -d $(ARCH) || mkdir $(ARCH)
 	${CXXCOMPILE} -o $@ -c $<
 
 ${ARCH}/%.o: %.S
-	test -d $(ARCH) || mkdir $(ARCH)
 	${CCASCOMPILE} -DASM -o $@ -c $<
 
 # Dependency files for use by gmake