diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4f4c8434a..ad7d46573 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+20011223
+ - (bal) Removed contrib/chroot.diff and noted in contrib/README that it
+   was not being maintained.
+
 20011222
  - (djm) Ignore fix & patchlevel in OpenSSL version check. Patch from 
    solar@openwall.com
@@ -7096,4 +7100,4 @@
  - Wrote replacements for strlcpy and mkdtemp
  - Released 1.0pre1
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.1706 2001/12/23 14:41:47 djm Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.1707 2001/12/24 02:59:19 mouring Exp $
diff --git a/contrib/README b/contrib/README
index d25545710..648bb2f3a 100644
--- a/contrib/README
+++ b/contrib/README
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ or http proxy which supports the CONNECT method (eg. Squid).
 In this directory
 -----------------
 
-chroot.diff:
+chroot.diff: 
 
-Ricardo Cerqueira's <rmcc@clix.pt> patch to enable chrooting using the
-wu-ftpd style magic home directories (containing '/./'). More details in
-the head of the patch itself.
+Due to the fact the patch is never in sync with the rest of the tree.  It was
+removed. 
 
 ssh-copy-id:
 
diff --git a/contrib/chroot.diff b/contrib/chroot.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index d2a42d85b..000000000
--- a/contrib/chroot.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-From: Ricardo Cerqueira <rmcc@clix.pt>
-
-A patch to cause sshd to chroot when it encounters the magic token
-'/./' in a users home directory. The directory portion before the
-token is the directory to chroot() to, the portion after the
-token is the user's home directory relative to the new root.
-
-Index: session.c
-===================================================================
-RCS file: /var/cvs/openssh/session.c,v
-retrieving revision 1.4
-diff -u -r1.4 session.c
---- session.c	2000/04/16 02:31:51	1.4
-+++ session.c	2000/04/16 02:47:55
-@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
- #include "ssh2.h"
- #include "auth.h"
- 
-+#define CHROOT
-+
- /* types */
- 
- #define TTYSZ 64
-@@ -783,6 +785,10 @@
- 	extern char **environ;
- 	struct stat st;
- 	char *argv[10];
-+#ifdef CHROOT
-+	char *user_dir;
-+	char *new_root;
-+#endif /* CHROOT */
- 
- #ifndef USE_PAM /* pam_nologin handles this */
- 	f = fopen("/etc/nologin", "r");
-@@ -799,6 +805,26 @@
- 	/* Set login name in the kernel. */
- 	if (setlogin(pw->pw_name) < 0)
- 		error("setlogin failed: %s", strerror(errno));
-+
-+#ifdef CHROOT
-+	user_dir = xstrdup(pw->pw_dir);
-+	new_root = user_dir + 1;  										  
-+
-+	while((new_root = strchr(new_root, '.')) != NULL) {
-+		new_root--;
-+		if(strncmp(new_root, "/./", 3) == 0) {
-+			*new_root = '\0';
-+			new_root += 2;
-+
-+			if(chroot(user_dir) != 0)
-+				fatal("Couldn't chroot to user directory %s", user_dir);
-+
-+			pw->pw_dir = new_root;
-+			break;
-+		}
-+		new_root += 2;
-+	}
-+#endif /* CHROOT */
- 
- 	/* Set uid, gid, and groups. */
- 	/* Login(1) does this as well, and it needs uid 0 for the "-h"