diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 959868b39..d9774c8de 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Libpng 1.6.9beta02 - December 27, 2013
+Libpng 1.6.9beta02 - December 28, 2013
 
 This is not intended to be a public release.  It will be replaced
 within a few weeks by a public version or by another test version.
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ Version 1.6.9beta01 [December 26, 2013]
   Rebuilt configure scripts with automake-1.14.1 and autoconf-2.69
     in the tar distributions.
 
-Version 1.6.9beta02 [December 27, 2013]
+Version 1.6.9beta02 [December 28, 2013]
   Added checks for libpng 1.5 to pngvalid.c.  This supports the use of
     this version of pngvalid in libpng 1.5
   Merged with pngvalid.c from libpng-1.7 changes to create a single
     pngvalid.c
+  Removed #error macro from contrib/tools/pngfix.c (Thomas Klausner).
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4e62d7602..cd08f4f58 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4767,11 +4767,12 @@ Version 1.6.9beta01 [December 26, 2013]
   Rebuilt configure scripts with automake-1.14.1 and autoconf-2.69
     in the tar distributions.
 
-Version 1.6.9beta02 [December 27, 2013]
+Version 1.6.9beta02 [December 28, 2013]
   Added checks for libpng 1.5 to pngvalid.c.  This supports the use of
     this version of pngvalid in libpng 1.5
   Merged with pngvalid.c from libpng-1.7 changes to create a single
     pngvalid.c
+  Removed #error macro from contrib/tools/pngfix.c (Thomas Klausner).
 
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diff --git a/contrib/tools/pngfix.c b/contrib/tools/pngfix.c
index 245adb6f2..1c2388596 100644
--- a/contrib/tools/pngfix.c
+++ b/contrib/tools/pngfix.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #  define FIX_GCC volatile
 #else
 #  define FIX_GCC
-#  error not tested
 #endif
 
 #define PROGRAM_NAME "pngfix"