diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a7749a98b..591d4c03d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2006-09-08  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
+	* bootstrap: Use the previously unused variable, $src,
+	to avoid repeating "$GNULIB_SRCDIR/$file".
+
 	* bootstrap (cp_mark_as_generated): Don't use "local", to
 	accommodate ancient "/bin/sh".  Suggested by Ralf Wildenhues.
 	Rename now-global "$src" and "$dst" to have cp_ prefix.
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 32bc478cf..d4f65142e 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ for file in $gnulib_extra_files; do
   */INSTALL) dest=.;;
   *) dest=$file;;
   esac
-  echo "$0: cp -fp $GNULIB_SRCDIR/$file $dest" &&
-  cp -fp $GNULIB_SRCDIR/$file $dest || exit
+  echo "$0: cp -fp $src $dest" &&
+  cp -fp $src $dest || exit
 done