diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3a2b2c96aa..b99af4e9f0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2016-08-18  Pino Toscano  <ptoscano@redhat.com>
+
+	main.mk: remove sc_program_name, since there is no more need to
+	use set_program_name in tools (getprogname is enough for most
+	of the cases).
+	* cfg.mk (local-checks-to-skip): Remove sc_program_name.
+	* top/maint.mk (sc_program_name): Remove.
+
 2016-08-18  Pino Toscano  <ptoscano@redhat.com>
 
 	Port tests away from progname, since modules that need the
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 5b9456bdef..75d932964a 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ local-checks-to-skip =			\
   sc_makefile_at_at_check		\
   sc_makefile_path_separator_check	\
   sc_obsolete_symbols			\
-  sc_program_name			\
   sc_prohibit_HAVE_MBRTOWC		\
   sc_prohibit_S_IS_definition		\
   sc_prohibit_always_true_header_tests	\
diff --git a/top/maint.mk b/top/maint.mk
index 868e10f004..c32f8b6d0e 100644
--- a/top/maint.mk
+++ b/top/maint.mk
@@ -716,15 +716,6 @@ sc_changelog:
 	halt='found unexpected prefix in a ChangeLog'			\
 	  $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
-# Ensure that each .c file containing a "main" function also
-# calls set_program_name.
-sc_program_name:
-	@require='set_program_name *\(.*\);'				\
-	in_vc_files='\.c$$'						\
-	containing='\<main *('						\
-	halt='the above files do not call set_program_name'		\
-	  $(_sc_search_regexp)
-
 # Ensure that each .c file containing a "main" function also
 # calls bindtextdomain.
 sc_bindtextdomain: