diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2abe4a131c5..bf47bf07d74 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2012-05-02  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
+	* Makefile.in (uninstall): Remove useless-use-of-for; that for
+	some reason caused problems on an old Solaris.
+
 	* Makefile.in (install-arch-indep, uninstall):
 	Ensure that INSTALL-type commands are run from top-level.
 
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 7ee41a5bdd5..9a9be4f0a43 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -737,9 +737,7 @@ uninstall:
 	     $(INSTALL_INFO) --remove --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)${infodir} $(DESTDIR)${infodir}/$$elt); \
 	    if [ -n "${GZIP_INFO}" ] && [ -n "${GZIP_PROG}" ]; then \
 	       ext=.gz; else ext=; fi; \
-	    for f in `ls $$elt$$ext $$elt-[1-9]$$ext $$elt-[1-9][0-9]$$ext 2>/dev/null`; do \
-	      rm -f $$f; \
-	    done; \
+	    rm -f $$elt$$ext $$elt-[1-9]$$ext $$elt-[1-9][0-9]$$ext; \
 	  done;)
 	(if [ -n "${GZIP_INFO}" ] && [ -n "${GZIP_PROG}" ]; then \
 	    ext=.gz; else ext=; fi; \