diff --git a/git.php b/git.php
index 2756aa22f2..a811e49c01 100644
--- a/git.php
+++ b/git.php
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
    <li><i>PHP 7.3</i>: 2.68+</li>
   </ul>
  </li>
- <li><i>automake</i>: 1.4+</li>
  <li><i>libtool</i>: 1.4.x+ (except 1.4.2)</li>
  <li><i>re2c</i>: 0.13.4+</li>
  <li id="bison"><i>bison</i>:
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@
 
  <li>
   <div class="tip" style="margin: 10px 0 10px 20px;">
-   <p>Note that certain combinations of autoconf, automake and libtool may not
+   <p>Note that certain combinations of autoconf and libtool may not
    work when used together, particularly with historical versions of PHP. See
    <a href="#buildconf_fail">below</a> for details.<br>
    Also, certain versions of autoconf may generate warnings of <code>AC_PROG_CPP
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@
 
 <h2>Historical issues</h2>
 
-<h3 id="buildconf_fail">autoconf, automake and libtool information for PHP 5.3 and below</h3>
+<h3 id="buildconf_fail">autoconf and libtool information for PHP 5.3 and below</h3>
 
 <p>
  There seem to be problems with libtool 1.4.2. It is suggested
@@ -190,6 +189,8 @@
  <li>autoconf 2.13, automake 1.5 and libtool 1.4.3</li>
 </ul>
 
+<p>Since PHP 4.3 automake and its aclocal program are no longer needed to build PHP.</p>
+
 <p>
  If you have multiple versions of autoconf installed on your computer, as is
  common for many UNIXes, you can set the PHP_AUTOCONF and PHP_AUTOHEADER