diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 86a2cc293b..c18edab9ac 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 	#635:  util-linux fails to build in 2009.08
 	#2239: netcat package installs its binary to target as avr32-linux...
+	#2449: Minor fixes for squashfs makefile and correct PowerPC e500 ...
 
 2010.08-rc1, Released July 30th, 2010:
 
diff --git a/toolchain/uClibc/uclibc.mk b/toolchain/uClibc/uclibc.mk
index b9ef5512a7..4fb9393a9d 100644
--- a/toolchain/uClibc/uclibc.mk
+++ b/toolchain/uClibc/uclibc.mk
@@ -217,13 +217,7 @@ ifeq ($(UCLIBC_TARGET_ARCH),sparc)
 	$(SED) 's/^.*$(UCLIBC_SPARC_TYPE)[^B].*/$(UCLIBC_SPARC_TYPE)=y/g' $(UCLIBC_DIR)/.oldconfig
 endif
 ifeq ($(UCLIBC_TARGET_ARCH),powerpc)
-ifeq ($(BR2_powerpc_8540),y)
-	TARGET_POWERPC_CORE_E500:=y
-endif
-ifeq ($(BR2_powerpc_e500mc),y)
-	TARGET_POWERPC_CORE_E500:=y
-endif
-ifeq ($(TARGET_POWERPC_CORE_E500),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_powerpc_8540)$(BR2_powerpc_e500mc),y)
 	/bin/echo "# CONFIG_CLASSIC is not set" >> $(UCLIBC_DIR)/.oldconfig
 	/bin/echo "CONFIG_E500=y" >> $(UCLIBC_DIR)/.oldconfig
 else