diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a10af6f7..7af5b8dc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
 
+** Bug fixes
+
+  Fix concurrent build issues.
+
+  The bison executable is no longer linked uselessly against libreadline.
+
+  Fix incorrect use of yytname in glr.cc.
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release 3.7.2 (2020-09-05) [stable]
 
diff --git a/src/local.mk b/src/local.mk
index 76808906..32d09d10 100644
--- a/src/local.mk
+++ b/src/local.mk
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ src_bison_LDADD =                               \
   $(LIB_SETLOCALE_NULL)                         \
   $(LIBICONV)                                   \
   $(LIBINTL)                                    \
-  $(LIBREADLINE)                                \
   $(LIBTEXTSTYLE)