diff --git a/Shorewall/changelog.txt b/Shorewall/changelog.txt
index 794375489..69c34d296 100644
--- a/Shorewall/changelog.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/changelog.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Changes in 3.2.0 Beta 2
 
 1)  Make "shorewall start -f" work correctly.
 
+2)  Remove SUBSYSLOCK code from default and debian footers.
+
 Changes in 3.1.x. and 3.2.x
 
 1) Removal of dynamic zones.
diff --git a/Shorewall/prog.footer b/Shorewall/prog.footer
index 9d752393c..cdd1f2867 100644
--- a/Shorewall/prog.footer
+++ b/Shorewall/prog.footer
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
 	progress_message3 "Clearing Shorewall...."
 	clear_firewall
 	status=0
-	[ -n "$SUBSYSLOCK" ] && rm -f $SUBSYSLOCK
 	progress_message3 "done."
 	;;
     status)
diff --git a/Shorewall/prog.footer.debian b/Shorewall/prog.footer.debian
index 9d752393c..cdd1f2867 100644
--- a/Shorewall/prog.footer.debian
+++ b/Shorewall/prog.footer.debian
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
 	progress_message3 "Clearing Shorewall...."
 	clear_firewall
 	status=0
-	[ -n "$SUBSYSLOCK" ] && rm -f $SUBSYSLOCK
 	progress_message3 "done."
 	;;
     status)
diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index a5a2280fc..69e21a0e9 100644
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Problems Corrected in 3.2.0 Beta 2
     updated to define RESTOREFILE when it invokes 'make' during processing
     of the "shorewall start -f" command.
 
+2)  Code involving SUBSYSLOCK has been removed from the default and Debian
+    program footers. SUBSYSLOCK only applies to programs installed in
+    /etc/init.d/.
+
 Migration Considerations:
 
 1)  A number of macros have been split into two.  The macros affected are: