diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 91c413947ecbc06a546a32806310730a875a4632..df37eed392b95f2a7e6d6588b5932f7f3a03fe90 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-11-26  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
+
+	* Makefile.in (mallocobj): Simplify logic using auxiliary vars.
+
 2001-11-25  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@cs.yale.edu>
 
 	* textprop.c (set_text_properties_1): Clearly mark that the
diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index b20ec7d0add65e749a5ddd11b462fe3c1d4371c1..d417c18cfa01bd325c52f94c67673819947e84f5 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -570,19 +570,15 @@ termcapobj = tparam.o
 
 #ifndef SYSTEM_MALLOC
 
-#ifdef DOUG_LEA_MALLOC
-#ifdef REL_ALLOC
-mallocobj = ralloc.o vm-limit.o
-#else /* ! defined (REL_ALLOC) */
-mallocobj = vm-limit.o
-#endif /* ! defined (REL_ALLOC) */
-#else /* ! defined (DOUG_LEA_MALLOC) */
+#ifndef DOUG_LEA_MALLOC
+gmallocobj = gmalloc.o
+#endif
+
 #ifdef REL_ALLOC
-mallocobj = gmalloc.o ralloc.o vm-limit.o
-#else /* ! defined (REL_ALLOC) */
-mallocobj = gmalloc.o vm-limit.o
-#endif /* ! defined (REL_ALLOC) */
-#endif /* ! defined (DOUG_LEA_MALLOC) */
+rallocobj = ralloc.o
+#endif
+
+mallocobj = $(gmallocobj) $(rallocobj) vm-limit.o
 
 #endif /* SYSTEM_MALLOC */