diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index da0fbb249f..8a394b4859 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+tor (0.0.8+0.0.9rc6-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream release (candidate).
+    - cleans up more integer underflows that don't look exploitable.
+      But one never knows (-> medium).
+  * Remove those 'date' calls in debian/rules again that were
+    added in rc5-1.
+
+ -- Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org>  Mon,  6 Dec 2004 11:11:23 +0100
+
 tor (0.0.8+0.0.9rc5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release (candidate).
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 05f938d561..c248290929 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ build-stamp:  config.status
 	@echo
 	@echo
 	# Running unit tests
-	date
 	if [ "$(RUN_TEST)" != "no" ]; then \
 		src/or/test; \
 	else \
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ build-stamp:  config.status
 	@echo
 
 	# make design paper
-	date
 	if [ "$(BUILD_DOC)" != "no" ]; then \
 		make -C doc/design-paper tor-design.ps tor-design.pdf || \
 		( echo -e "*\n*\n*\n*"; \
@@ -87,7 +85,6 @@ build-stamp:  config.status
 		echo -e "\n\nSkipping tor-design.{ps,pdf}\n\n"; \
 	fi
 
-	date
 	touch build-stamp
 
 clean: unpatch