diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 8493bcb4..c2e2a326 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -66,14 +66,6 @@ if test "x$with_logging" = "xno" ; then
     AC_DEFINE(FG_NDEBUG)
 fi
 
-dnl specify if we are building with "electric fence"
-AC_ARG_WITH(efence, [  --with-efence           Specify if we are building with "electric-fence"])
-
-if test "x$with_efence" = "xyes" ; then
-    echo "Building with efence"
-    LIBS="$LIBS -lefence"
-fi
-
 # Specify if we want to build with Norman's jpeg image server support.
 # This requires libjpeg to be installed and available.
 # Default to with_jpeg_server=no
@@ -373,12 +365,6 @@ else
     echo "Debug messages: yes"
 fi
 
-if test "x$with_efence" != "x"; then
-    echo "Electric fence: $with_efence"
-else
-    echo "Electric fence: no"
-fi
-
 echo -n "Automake version: ($AUTO_MAKE_VERSION) "
 automake --version | head -1
 
diff --git a/simgear/io/sg_binobj.cxx b/simgear/io/sg_binobj.cxx
index 86c0fba2..ba1c95ca 100644
--- a/simgear/io/sg_binobj.cxx
+++ b/simgear/io/sg_binobj.cxx
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ bool SGBinObject::read_bin( const string& file ) {
 	return false;
     }
 
-    // read calender time
+    // read creation time
     unsigned int foo_calendar_time;
     sgReadUInt( fp, &foo_calendar_time );