diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 36a3168e6..be3fac97b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon Jun 28 18:42:48 CEST 2010 (tk)
+----------------------------------
+ * sigtool/sigtool.c: drop compatibility limit
+
 Thu Jun 24 20:04:02 CEST 2010 (tk)
 ----------------------------------
  * libclamav: reduce memory usage for MD5 sigs (bb#2057)
diff --git a/sigtool/sigtool.c b/sigtool/sigtool.c
index e9ecde282..bba2fc63d 100644
--- a/sigtool/sigtool.c
+++ b/sigtool/sigtool.c
@@ -71,12 +71,6 @@
 
 #define MAX_DEL_LOOKAHEAD   200
 
-/*
- * Force backward compatibility with the cdiff interpreter of clamav < 0.95
- */
-#define COMPATIBILITY_LIMIT 980
-
-
 static const struct dblist_s {
     const char *name;
     unsigned int count;
@@ -1639,15 +1633,6 @@ static int compare(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath, FILE *diff)
 		fprintf(diff, "ADD %s\n", nbuff);
 	    }
 	}
-#ifdef COMPATIBILITY_LIMIT
-       if(!cli_strbcasestr(newpath, ".cbc") && strlen(nbuff) > COMPATIBILITY_LIMIT) {
-	   mprintf("!compare: COMPATIBILITY_LIMIT: Found too long line in new %s\n", newpath);
-           if(old)
-               fclose(old);
-	   fclose(new);
-           return -1;
-       }
-#endif
     }
     fclose(new);