diff --git a/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt b/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt
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--- a/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt
+++ b/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ II. POLICY / RULES:
    the mplayer-dev-eng mailing list.
 
 
-5. Do not commit changes to the build system (Makefiles, configure script)
+5. Do not commit changes
    which change behavior, defaults etc, without asking first. The same
    applies to compiler warning fixes, trivial looking fixes and to code
    maintained by other developers. We usually have a reason for doing things