diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f5f9ac2c89..ab1f6d8826 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 3122.	[cleanup]	dnssec-settime: corrected usage message. [RT #24664]
 
-	--- 9.8.1b2 released ---
-
 3121.   [security]      An authoritative name server sending a negative
                         response containing a very large RRset could
                         trigger an off-by-one error in the ncache code