diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 0cee4113124..729eac065e3 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-06-04  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
+
+	* simple.el: Don't require cl.
+
 2002-06-03  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
 
 	* dired.el (dired-do-shell-command): Doc fix in autoload.
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index c5fe36e76b1..6ae43f63770 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@
 
 (eval-when-compile
   (autoload 'widget-convert "wid-edit")
-  (autoload 'shell-mode "shell")
-  (require 'cl))
+  (autoload 'shell-mode "shell"))
 
 
 (defgroup killing nil