diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5469374479102d0b4d2d6392830bf166b86251b8..e94787cb36b660e470504de91c62e86e94ac4060 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- [build] make build reproducible regardless of usrmerge (DEBBUG-915222)
 - [core] silence exit code message unless --debug is used
 
 ## [1.2.0] - 2021-01-21
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 891bb0f47d853933604abc1e3cb259937880ec02..91d700611f4a3246dfdee560ad102986346c47f8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 
 # Checks for programs.
 
-# BASH may already be set in the shell, if the admin then changes the
-# the /bin/sh symlink to a non-bash shell, all hell will break lose.
-unset BASH
 AC_PATH_PROGS(BASH, bash, "no", [$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin])
 if test x$BASH = "xno"; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([bash is required])