diff --git a/build/unix/makereleasenotes.sh b/build/unix/makereleasenotes.sh
index 298138f4ebf151c0ef2b1d3ccf1b79ed0a769253..c46e2f5120c544e62ee49c8eda6fe0f80f5e7a8f 100755
--- a/build/unix/makereleasenotes.sh
+++ b/build/unix/makereleasenotes.sh
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ done
 # write header note
 for v in $VERS; do
    if [ -r doc/v${v}/index.html ]; then
-      echo "<!-- doc/v${v}/index.html -->" > $OUTDIR/v${v}/index.html
-      cat doc/v${v}/index.html >> $OUTDIR/v${v}/index.html
+      cat doc/v${v}/index.html > $OUTDIR/v${v}/index.html
    fi
 done