diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8f462ae564..8d7b2e7e87 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Fri May 22 00:46:18 EDT 1998  Matthew Wilson  <msw@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/batch.c: removed global conversion from '-' to '_'
+
 Thu May 21 13:03:50 PDT 1998 Manish Singh <yosh@gimp.org>
 
 	* updated Adam's stuff
diff --git a/app/batch.c b/app/batch.c
index e749ec9a90..4c68b996dd 100644
--- a/app/batch.c
+++ b/app/batch.c
@@ -191,14 +191,6 @@ batch_run_cmd (char *cmd)
   if (!cmdname)
     return;
 
-  t = cmdname;
-  while (*t)
-    {
-      if (*t == '-')
-	*t = '_';
-      t++;
-    }
-
   proc = procedural_db_lookup (cmdname);
   if (!proc)
     {