diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5ba69d849..f13a2c4ba 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+2008-11-27  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Documentation/GNUmakefile:
+	* GNUmakefile:
+	* NSCharacterSets/GNUmakefile:
+	* NSTimeZones/GNUmakefile:
+	* Resources/GNUmakefile:
+	* Source/GNUmakefile:
+	* SSL/GNUmakefile:
+	* Tools/GNUmakefile:
+	Removed GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN.
+	NB.  This means that gnustep-base will now install in the local domain
+	by default, and to get the old behavior you will need to do
+	'make GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN=SYSTEM install'
+	The rationale for this change is that the system domain is for
+	resources installed by the operating system packagers, but the
+	local domain is for add-ons you install yourself (to be used by
+	all users of the system), and you don't normally want to overwrite
+	the operating system supplied version by accident.
+
 2008-11-26 10:09-EST Gregory John Casamento <greg_casamento@yahoo.com>
 
 	* Headers/Additions/GNUstepBase/GSVersionMacros.h: Add
diff --git a/Documentation/GNUmakefile b/Documentation/GNUmakefile
index 455814b71..205e2fcda 100644
--- a/Documentation/GNUmakefile
+++ b/Documentation/GNUmakefile
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ ifeq ($(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES),)
   $(error You need to set GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES before compiling!)
 endif
 
-# Install into the system root by default
-GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN = SYSTEM
-
 GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_MAKEFILES=../base.make
 
 include $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/common.make
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 0c58ae503..436e62efb 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ ifeq ($(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES),)
   $(error You need to set GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES before compiling!)
 endif
 
-# Install into the system root by default
-# FIXME: would it work if you want to install it into local
-GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN = SYSTEM
-
 RPM_DISABLE_RELOCATABLE=YES
 PACKAGE_NEEDS_CONFIGURE = YES
 
diff --git a/NSCharacterSets/GNUmakefile b/NSCharacterSets/GNUmakefile
index 4c8b72e70..9d0bd20ec 100644
--- a/NSCharacterSets/GNUmakefile
+++ b/NSCharacterSets/GNUmakefile
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ ifeq ($(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES),)
   $(error You need to set GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES before compiling!)
 endif
 
-# Install into the system root by default
-GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN = SYSTEM
-
 GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_MAKEFILES=../base.make
 
 include $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/common.make
diff --git a/NSTimeZones/GNUmakefile b/NSTimeZones/GNUmakefile
index de9f540bb..db8618396 100644
--- a/NSTimeZones/GNUmakefile
+++ b/NSTimeZones/GNUmakefile
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ ifeq ($(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES),)
   $(error You need to set GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES before compiling!)
 endif
 
-# Install into the system root by default
-GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN = SYSTEM
-
 GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_MAKEFILES=../base.make
 
 include $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/common.make
diff --git a/Resources/GNUmakefile b/Resources/GNUmakefile
index 30c375ab3..fb65b6244 100644
--- a/Resources/GNUmakefile
+++ b/Resources/GNUmakefile
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ ifeq ($(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES),)
   $(error You need to set GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES before compiling!)
 endif
 
-GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN = SYSTEM
-
 GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_MAKEFILES=../base.make
 
 include $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/common.make
diff --git a/SSL/GNUmakefile b/SSL/GNUmakefile
index d008278f0..819df5a57 100644
--- a/SSL/GNUmakefile
+++ b/SSL/GNUmakefile
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ ifeq ($(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES),)
   $(error You need to set GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES before compiling!)
 endif
 
-# Install into the system root by default
-GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN = SYSTEM
-
 # This must set be before reading common.make, which will read the
 # Additional makefiles.
 GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_MAKEFILES=../base.make
diff --git a/Source/GNUmakefile b/Source/GNUmakefile
index 9bff376b5..96b5c973d 100644
--- a/Source/GNUmakefile
+++ b/Source/GNUmakefile
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ ifeq ($(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES),)
   $(error You need to set GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES before compiling!)
 endif
 
-# Install into the system root by default
-GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN = SYSTEM
-
 GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_MAKEFILES=../base.make
 
 include $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/common.make
diff --git a/Tools/GNUmakefile b/Tools/GNUmakefile
index 7965f4436..27bf4047e 100644
--- a/Tools/GNUmakefile
+++ b/Tools/GNUmakefile
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ ifeq ($(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES),)
   $(error You need to set GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES before compiling!)
 endif
 
-# Install into the system root by default
-GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN = SYSTEM
-
 GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_MAKEFILES=../base.make
 
 include $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/common.make