diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d2481e8f3..1d3034561 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Mon Feb 21 14:40:00 2000  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>
+
+	* Source/NSWindow.m: ([-close]) remove spurious retain.
+	* Source/NSApplication.m: ([-run]) do startup stuff inside an
+	autorelease pool and release it before main loop.
+
 Tue Jan 25 14:52:27 2000  Nicola Pero  <n.pero@mi.flashnet.it>
 
 	Contributed by Fred Kiefer:
diff --git a/Source/NSWindow.m b/Source/NSWindow.m
index 37ef1d251..4490ab853 100644
--- a/Source/NSWindow.m
+++ b/Source/NSWindow.m
@@ -117,19 +117,6 @@ BOOL GSViewAcceptsDrag(NSView *v, id<NSDraggingInfo> dragInfo);
 
 @implementation NSWindow
 
-- (int) arc
-{
-  return [self retainCount] - [NSAutoreleasePool autoreleaseCountForObject: self];
-}
-- (void) release
-{
-  [super release];
-}
-- (id) retain
-{
-  return [super retain];
-}
-
 typedef struct NSView_struct
 {
   @defs(NSView)
@@ -1331,7 +1318,6 @@ resetCursorRectsForView(NSView *theView)
 - (void) close
 {
   NSNotificationCenter *nc = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
-  CREATE_AUTORELEASE_POOL(arp);
 
   [nc postNotificationName: NSWindowWillCloseNotification object: self];
   _f.has_opened = NO;
@@ -1342,7 +1328,6 @@ resetCursorRectsForView(NSView *theView)
   [NSApp removeWindowsItem: self];
   [self orderOut: self];
 
-  RELEASE(arp);
   if (_f.is_released_when_closed)
     RELEASE(self);
 }