diff --git a/libgfortran/ChangeLog b/libgfortran/ChangeLog
index 21d461d8689d8e27b66cc5844a33a9183ed09043..971b59d616928780dff400e1f22dfea8140b496d 100644
--- a/libgfortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/libgfortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-12-09  David Edelsohn  <edelsohn@gnu.org>
+
+	PR bootstrap/18895
+	Revert 2004-12-07 change.
+	* Makefile.am (AM_MAKEFLAGS): Delete.
+	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
+
 2004-12-07  Steve Ellcey  <sje@cup.hp.com>
 
 	* libgfortran/Makefile.am (AM_MAKEFLAGS): New.
diff --git a/libgfortran/Makefile.am b/libgfortran/Makefile.am
index 4d42a4159e3f674504f661c503602f8672f81681..d9594c829e2cd89f9eebeed45e98f8968ed9bf4c 100644
--- a/libgfortran/Makefile.am
+++ b/libgfortran/Makefile.am
@@ -512,49 +512,4 @@ $(gfor_built_specific2_src): m4/specific2.m4 m4/head.m4
 endif
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(m4_files)
-## ################################################################
-
-##
-## This section is for make and multilib madness. (copied from libffi)
-##
-
-# Work around what appears to be a GNU make bug handling MAKEFLAGS
-# values defined in terms of make variables, as is the case for CC and
-# friends when we are called from the top level Makefile.
-AM_MAKEFLAGS = \
-	"AR_FLAGS=$(AR_FLAGS)" \
-	"CC_FOR_BUILD=$(CC_FOR_BUILD)" \
-	"CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS)" \
-	"CXXFLAGS=$(CXXFLAGS)" \
-	"CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD=$(CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD)" \
-	"CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=$(CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET)" \
-	"INSTALL=$(INSTALL)" \
-	"INSTALL_DATA=$(INSTALL_DATA)" \
-	"INSTALL_PROGRAM=$(INSTALL_PROGRAM)" \
-	"INSTALL_SCRIPT=$(INSTALL_SCRIPT)" \
-	"LDFLAGS=$(LDFLAGS)" \
-	"LIBCFLAGS=$(LIBCFLAGS)" \
-	"LIBCFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=$(LIBCFLAGS_FOR_TARGET)" \
-	"MAKE=$(MAKE)" \
-	"MAKEINFO=$(MAKEINFO) $(MAKEINFOFLAGS)" \
-	"PICFLAG=$(PICFLAG)" \
-	"PICFLAG_FOR_TARGET=$(PICFLAG_FOR_TARGET)" \
-	"RUNTESTFLAGS=$(RUNTESTFLAGS)" \
-	"SHELL=$(SHELL)" \
-	"exec_prefix=$(exec_prefix)" \
-	"infodir=$(infodir)" \
-	"libdir=$(libdir)" \
-	"prefix=$(prefix)" \
-	"AR=$(AR)" \
-	"AS=$(AS)" \
-	"CC=$(CC)" \
-	"CXX=$(CXX)" \
-	"LD=$(LD)" \
-	"LIBCFLAGS=$(LIBCFLAGS)" \
-	"NM=$(NM)" \
-	"NM_FOR_BUILD=$(NM_FOR_BUILD)" \
-	"NM_FOR_TARGET=$(NM_FOR_TARGET)" \
-	"PICFLAG=$(PICFLAG)" \
-	"RANLIB=$(RANLIB)" \
-	"DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR)"
 
diff --git a/libgfortran/Makefile.in b/libgfortran/Makefile.in
index 49380ea94e5f306e1d2948842d8e5b6ce5486b65..f4c1e268302379cc535307a29a5893b96acf8579 100644
--- a/libgfortran/Makefile.in
+++ b/libgfortran/Makefile.in
@@ -686,46 +686,6 @@ I_M4_DEPS0 = $(I_M4_DEPS) m4/iforeach.m4
 I_M4_DEPS1 = $(I_M4_DEPS) m4/ifunction.m4
 EXTRA_DIST = $(m4_files)
 
-# Work around what appears to be a GNU make bug handling MAKEFLAGS
-# values defined in terms of make variables, as is the case for CC and
-# friends when we are called from the top level Makefile.
-AM_MAKEFLAGS = \
-	"AR_FLAGS=$(AR_FLAGS)" \
-	"CC_FOR_BUILD=$(CC_FOR_BUILD)" \
-	"CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS)" \
-	"CXXFLAGS=$(CXXFLAGS)" \
-	"CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD=$(CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD)" \
-	"CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=$(CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET)" \
-	"INSTALL=$(INSTALL)" \
-	"INSTALL_DATA=$(INSTALL_DATA)" \
-	"INSTALL_PROGRAM=$(INSTALL_PROGRAM)" \
-	"INSTALL_SCRIPT=$(INSTALL_SCRIPT)" \
-	"LDFLAGS=$(LDFLAGS)" \
-	"LIBCFLAGS=$(LIBCFLAGS)" \
-	"LIBCFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=$(LIBCFLAGS_FOR_TARGET)" \
-	"MAKE=$(MAKE)" \
-	"MAKEINFO=$(MAKEINFO) $(MAKEINFOFLAGS)" \
-	"PICFLAG=$(PICFLAG)" \
-	"PICFLAG_FOR_TARGET=$(PICFLAG_FOR_TARGET)" \
-	"RUNTESTFLAGS=$(RUNTESTFLAGS)" \
-	"SHELL=$(SHELL)" \
-	"exec_prefix=$(exec_prefix)" \
-	"infodir=$(infodir)" \
-	"libdir=$(libdir)" \
-	"prefix=$(prefix)" \
-	"AR=$(AR)" \
-	"AS=$(AS)" \
-	"CC=$(CC)" \
-	"CXX=$(CXX)" \
-	"LD=$(LD)" \
-	"LIBCFLAGS=$(LIBCFLAGS)" \
-	"NM=$(NM)" \
-	"NM_FOR_BUILD=$(NM_FOR_BUILD)" \
-	"NM_FOR_TARGET=$(NM_FOR_TARGET)" \
-	"PICFLAG=$(PICFLAG)" \
-	"RANLIB=$(RANLIB)" \
-	"DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR)"
-
 all: $(BUILT_SOURCES) config.h
 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) all-am