diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e20b201..bb6a18c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
 .pc
 *.o
 *~
+*.gcno
+*.gcda
+*.gcov
+Makefile.config
+configure.log
+locale/Makefile
+GNUmakefile
+.gitignore
+simple-md5sum
+inlined-icons.h
+help-dialogs.h
+dvdisaster
+build.h
+dvdisaster.mo
+locale/messages.pot
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
deleted file mode 100644
index bd0f978..0000000
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-all:
-	@echo
-	@echo "Please create a Makefile by entering \"bash configure\" first"
-	@echo
diff --git a/GNUmakefile.template b/GNUmakefile.template
index 77a57bf..3b8bf62 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile.template
+++ b/GNUmakefile.template
@@ -286,10 +286,6 @@ distclean: clean
 	@echo "Removing configuration files"
 	@rm -f configure.log Makefile.config GNUmakefile locale/Makefile
 	@for i in locale/?? locale/??_??; do rm -rf $$i; done
-	@echo "all:" >>GNUmakefile
-	@echo -e "\t@echo" >>GNUmakefile
-	@echo -e "\t@echo \"Please create a Makefile by entering \\\"bash configure\\\" first\"" >>GNUmakefile
-	@echo -e "\t@echo" >>GNUmakefile
 
 # There might be a not executable simple-md5sum from a compiler run
 # under a different architecture, so make sure we have a working binary
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 413a02f..95c8bc7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 
 all:
 	@echo
-	@echo "dvdisaster requires GNU make to build."
-	@echo "Please try your command again using gmake."
+	@echo "Please run \`bash configure' first."
+	@echo "Note that dvdisaster requires GNU make to build."
+	@echo "Under non-Linux systems, it might be known as \`gmake'."
 	@echo
 
 show: all
diff --git a/build.h b/build.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ee7c64..0000000
--- a/build.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#define BUILD 272
-#define BDATE "17.11.17 (Freitag, 09:57)"
diff --git a/documentation/config/version.tex b/documentation/config/version.tex
deleted file mode 100644
index cdc5693..0000000
--- a/documentation/config/version.tex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-\newcommand{\projectversion}{0.79.6}