diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 62916cb55..445e8fb4a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6367,8 +6367,6 @@ point at which the packages merged to form the coreutils:
 * who once again prints whatever host information it has, even without --lookup
 
 ========================================================================
-For older NEWS entries for the fileutils, textutils, and sh-utils
-packages, see ./old/*/NEWS.
 
   This package began as the union of the following:
   textutils-2.1, fileutils-4.1.11, sh-utils-2.0.15.
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 88a550abb..f8d9a9b64 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes
 # 4914152 9e
 export XZ_OPT = -8e
 
-old_NEWS_hash = cb35d17f3e25db18b46d6858946d977f
+old_NEWS_hash = c2f7c7fa1bc232ce8f32908b53eab953
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = \