diff --git a/bin/mkpatch b/bin/mkpatch
index 7a3218c40..de1b0b407 100755
--- a/bin/mkpatch
+++ b/bin/mkpatch
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ while true ; do
     case "$1" in
 	-c| --change)	CHG="$2"; shift;;	# the change made by revision ARG
         -o| --overwrite) OVER=1;;                # overwrite any existing patch file
-	-r| --revision)	REV="$2"; shift;;	# the change made between revisions REV
 	-h| --help)	usage; exit;;		# Show this help, then exit
 	-v| --verbose)	VERBOSE=1;;	# Be more talkative
 	-V| --version)	version; exit;;		# Show program version, then exit
@@ -107,11 +106,8 @@ done
 # The program itself
 
 if   [ "$CHG" ]; then
-  name=$(svn log -c $CHG | sed -r -e '/^---/d' -e '/^r[0-9]+/d' -e '/^$/d' -e 's/(.*)/\L\1/' -e 's/[^[:alnum:]]/-/g' -e 's/-+/-/g' | cut -c 1-32)
+  name=$(echo $(svn log -c $CHG | sed -r -e '/^---/d' -e '/^r[0-9]+/d' -e '/^$/d') | sed -r -e 's/(.*)/\L\1/' -e 's/[^[:alnum:]]/-/g' -e 's/-+/-/g' | cut -c 1-32)
   name="$name-c$CHG"
-elif [ "$REV" ]; then
-  name=$(echo $(svn log -r $REV | sed -r -e '/^---/d' -e '/^r[0-9]+/d' -e '/^$/d') | sed -r -e 's/(.*)/\L\1/g' -e 's/[^[:alnum:]]/-/g' -e 's/-+/-/g' | cut -c 1-32)
-  name="$name-r${REV/:/-}"
 else
   if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then die "Expected patch name and file list on the command line."; fi
   if [[ $1 =~ / ]]; then die "Expected a patch name, but the first argument to $program seems to be a file path: '$1'"; fi
@@ -124,4 +120,4 @@ svn diff ${CHG:+ -c $CHG} ${REV:+ -r $REV} "$@" > $patchfile
 less $patchfile
 echo ""
 echo ""
-echo "Patch is in $patchfile."
+echo "Patch is in $patchfile"