diff --git a/util/selftest.pl b/util/selftest.pl
index 83fd9f87b94a32e1e30954025d609fa6944c0131..276b81183d2922162c0c034867e9c11558f1d83e 100644
--- a/util/selftest.pl
+++ b/util/selftest.pl
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ chomp $cversion;
 
 if (open(IN,"<CHANGES")) {
     while(<IN>) {
-	if (/\*\) (.{0,55})/) {
+	if (/\*\) (.{0,55})/ && !/applies to/) {
 	    $last=$1;
 	    last;
 	}