diff --git a/runtime/doc/Makefile b/runtime/doc/Makefile
index 9cb38aafc9..38f505367c 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/Makefile
+++ b/runtime/doc/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 AWK = awk
 
-# Set to $(VIMTARGET) when executed from src/Makefile.
 VIMPROG = ../../src/vim
 
 # include the config.mk from the source directory.  It's only needed to set
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ include Make_all.mak
 all: tags vim.man evim.man vimdiff.man vimtutor.man xxd.man $(CONVERTED)
 
 # Use Vim to generate the tags file.  Can only be used when Vim has been
-# compiled and installed.  Supports multiple languages.
+# compiled.  Supports multiple languages.
 vimtags: $(DOCS)
 	@$(VIMPROG) --clean -esX -V1 -u doctags.vim
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index a451ee5aa4..2da0c6f4af 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -2354,10 +2354,8 @@ installrtbase: $(HELPSOURCE)/vim.1 $(DEST_VIM) $(VIMTARGET) $(DEST_RT) \
 	cd $(HELPSOURCE); if test -z "$(CROSS_COMPILING)" -a -f tags; then \
 		mv -f tags tags.dist; fi
 	@echo generating help tags
-	# We can assume Vim was build, but it may not have been installed,
-	# thus use the executable in the current directory.
-	-@BUILD_DIR="`pwd`"; cd $(HELPSOURCE); if test -z "$(CROSS_COMPILING)"; then \
-		$(MAKE) VIMPROG="$$BUILD_DIR/$(VIMTARGET)" vimtags; fi
+	-@cd $(HELPSOURCE); if test -z "$(CROSS_COMPILING)"; then \
+		$(MAKE) vimtags; fi
 	cd $(HELPSOURCE); \
 		files=`ls *.txt tags`; \
 		files="$$files `ls *.??x tags-?? 2>/dev/null || true`"; \
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index bd7457384b..972293a8c3 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -704,6 +704,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    609,
 /**/
     608,
 /**/