diff --git a/admin/ChangeLog b/admin/ChangeLog
index b43fdbc4333..f865a0e3c2d 100644
--- a/admin/ChangeLog
+++ b/admin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-11-07  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* unidata/unidata-gen.el (unidata-gen-files):
+	Disable version-control in generated files.
+
 2013-11-05  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
 	* update_autogen: Move here from ../autogen.
diff --git a/admin/unidata/unidata-gen.el b/admin/unidata/unidata-gen.el
index a45358dac6f..110f2d60379 100644
--- a/admin/unidata/unidata-gen.el
+++ b/admin/unidata/unidata-gen.el
@@ -1239,6 +1239,7 @@ is the character itself.")))
 	    (if (eobp)
 		(insert ";; Local Variables:\n"
 			";; coding: utf-8\n"
+			";; version-control: never\n"
 			";; no-byte-compile: t\n"
 			";; End:\n\n"
 			(format ";; %s ends here\n" basename)))
@@ -1247,6 +1248,7 @@ is the character itself.")))
       (message "Writing %s..." charprop-file)
       (insert ";; Local Variables:\n"
 	      ";; coding: utf-8\n"
+	      ";; version-control: never\n"
 	      ";; no-byte-compile: t\n"
 	      ";; End:\n\n"
 	      (format ";; %s ends here\n"