diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 79d0789a62621f24e042f845600b529b5b8442d4..fc39eca25e8d76f0dfbad91d93e04fe506e807af 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Fri Dec 12 13:41:31 +0100 2008 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	remove cvs $Id$ strings
+	* po/id.po: Likewise.
+	* qemud/remote_generate_stubs.pl: Likewise.
+	* src/virsh.c: Likewise.
+	* tests/testutils.c: Likewise.
+	* tests/testutils.h: Likewise.
+	* RENAMES: Likewise.
+
 Fri Dec 12 13:16:05 +0100 2008 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
 
 	libvirtd: plug a nominal leak
diff --git a/RENAMES b/RENAMES
index 27f85a4ad30ed08b13bd15c0a587a569fe1e2850..143aebda13cc8be6e4616324ad91d2b80e625c7e 100644
--- a/RENAMES
+++ b/RENAMES
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #
 # File renames don't normally go into patches because they make
 # the patches much harder to read, so list them here instead.
-#
-# $Id$
 
 # Clearer naming scheme after Xen-unified patch went in.
 src/xen_internal.c	src/xen_internal_hv.c
diff --git a/po/id.po b/po/id.po
index 5590e65a2cb024584b3ec449ba12b865b487c24b..458b03345f23893e367dab41723fd696a054515e 100644
--- a/po/id.po
+++ b/po/id.po
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # translation of libvirt to Bahasa Indonesia (id).
 # This file is distributed under the same license as the libvirt package.
 # Teguh DC <dheche@songolimo.net>, 2007.
-# $Id$
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: libvirt\n"
diff --git a/qemud/remote_generate_stubs.pl b/qemud/remote_generate_stubs.pl
index 2dff468808e01475ed5bf2209a17efc79269fb2d..44e1552cb34973588788f944690683c20c3ef178 100755
--- a/qemud/remote_generate_stubs.pl
+++ b/qemud/remote_generate_stubs.pl
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 # code for both ends of the remote connection.
 #
 # By Richard Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
-#
-# $Id$
 
 use strict;
 
diff --git a/src/virsh.c b/src/virsh.c
index 1a5b42fcf505289c8080eb4f3a6639be82132a96..f4a57f41aa3a0221388f0ccd03d9bc2eb73b856f 100644
--- a/src/virsh.c
+++ b/src/virsh.c
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
  * Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
  * Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
  * Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
- *
- *
- * $Id$
  */
 
 #include <config.h>
diff --git a/tests/testutils.c b/tests/testutils.c
index 0255bdff4d201f1d46a9a2b9d19ce4ff71f88289..187123cc2afeccecc90acbe06c722c8c5852650c 100644
--- a/tests/testutils.c
+++ b/tests/testutils.c
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 /*
  * testutils.c: basic test utils
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Red Hat, Inc.
  *
  * See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
  *
  * Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
- *
- * $Id$
  */
 
 #include <config.h>
diff --git a/tests/testutils.h b/tests/testutils.h
index 7afd579849d74faf59bb80566a9f9b4e2a3da600..fd326aed7648c2c8a524b45bb0057fa5def17015 100644
--- a/tests/testutils.h
+++ b/tests/testutils.h
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 /*
  * utils.c: test utils
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2005 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2005, 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
  *
  * See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
  *
  * Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
- *
- * $Id$
  */
 
 #ifndef __VIT_TEST_UTILS_H__