diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3b207a27..bf045c5d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ VERSION         DESCRIPTION
               - add < and > operators for versioned dependencies and conflicts
               - bash completion updates
               - mirrorlist updates
+              - removed ABS script from codebase (now a separate project)
               - allow multiple pacman cache directories
               - all manpages are now generated using Asciidoc (FS#7312)
               - moved parseconfig from backend library to frontend
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ VERSION         DESCRIPTION
                 - memory leak fixes all over the place
                 - fix overzealous use of macros
                 - entire codebase builds with -pedantic GCC option
-                - allow abs to not be included (FS#7319)
               - libalpm-specific changes:
                 - moved location of sync DBs into their own folder to thwart
                   deletion and remove naming limitations