diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 654011a6a1..3758f5a827 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-03-17  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* Makefile.am: use release.mak
+
 2004-03-16  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* common/ChangeLog:
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 89b6441a0a..7524fdeb1c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -40,21 +40,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST=gst-plugins.spec depcomp \
 
 DISTCLEANFILES=_stdint.h
 
-# to do a release, run "make release"
-# this will generate all archives and md5sums
-                                                                                
-# make bz2 as well
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = dist-bzip2
-                                                                                
-release: dist
-	make @PACKAGE@-@VERSION@.tar.gz.md5
-	make @PACKAGE@-@VERSION@.tar.bz2.md5
-                                                                                
-# generate md5 sum files
-%.md5: %
-	md5sum $< > $@
-                                                                                
-
 dist-hook:
 	rm -rf `find $(distdir)/common -name CVS`
 	rm -rf `find $(distdir)/m4 -name CVS`
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/common/release.mak
diff --git a/common b/common
index 5557aa074c..af639632ef 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5557aa074c4836b2cc9eac0e1519323df1cb876f
+Subproject commit af639632ef610fb83ee7a07bead59459986741f9