diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8f2019e1c..0b5030e56 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020-12-05  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
+
+	* builds/toplevel.mk (do-dist): Remove `submodules` directory.
+
 2020-12-02  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
 
 	* src/*: Don't use more than one '\n' in `FT_TRACE` and `FT_ERROR`.
diff --git a/builds/toplevel.mk b/builds/toplevel.mk
index 8379bebe3..b24980675 100644
--- a/builds/toplevel.mk
+++ b/builds/toplevel.mk
@@ -291,4 +291,7 @@ do-dist: distclean refdoc
 	rm -rf docs/markdown
 	rm -f docs/mkdocs.yml
 
+	@# Remove more stuff related to git.
+	rm -rf submodules
+
 # EOF