diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b4a24a3..ea08b47 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 .*
 # but we _wan't_ those dot-files
 !.gitignore
-!.hgignore
 !.mailmap
 
 # ChangeLog is generated during make
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b41a33e..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-(^|/)CVS($|/)
-(^|/)\.hg($|/)
-(^|/)\.hgtags($|/)
-ChangeLog
-~$
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5c39fef..a06043b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ DIST_PREFIX = ${TMP}
 VERSION     = 4.3rc1
 DEBVERSION  = $(shell echo $(VERSION)|sed 's/\(rc\|pre\|beta\|alpha\)/~\1/')
 BASE        = xen-tools
-VCS         = $(shell if git ls-files > /dev/null; then echo git; \
-                    elif hg st  > /dev/null; then echo hg; \
-                    else                          echo cannot-determine-used-vcs; fi)
+VCS         = git
 
 #
 #  Installation prefix, useful for the Debian package.
@@ -240,7 +238,6 @@ release: tidy fixup-perms update-version update-modules clean changelog
 	rm -f $(DIST_PREFIX)/$(BASE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz
 	cp -R . $(DIST_PREFIX)/$(BASE)-$(VERSION)
 	rm -rf $(DIST_PREFIX)/$(BASE)-$(VERSION)/debian
-	rm -rf $(DIST_PREFIX)/$(BASE)-$(VERSION)/.hg*
 	rm -rf $(DIST_PREFIX)/$(BASE)-$(VERSION)/.git*
 	cd $(DIST_PREFIX) && tar -cvf $(DIST_PREFIX)/$(BASE)-$(VERSION).tar $(BASE)-$(VERSION)/
 	gzip $(DIST_PREFIX)/$(BASE)-$(VERSION).tar
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e9c6639..7cf47fb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ Bug Fixes
 * Fix several testuite failures depending on the build host's
   installation.
 
+Other Changes
+-------------
+
+* Remove most Mercurial traces
+
+
 xen-tools 4.3rc1 (released 08 Jun 2012)
 =======================================
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ddca71e..7b25f83 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 xen-tools (4.3~rc2~dev-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release candidate
+    - Remove most Mercurial traces
   * Fixes FTBFS due to testsuite failures (Closes: #676681)
     - Disable tests of not yet used Xen::Tools. Fixes FTBFS in test suite
       due to not satisifed Moose dependency in Xen::Tools::Log.