diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt
index f2fb437f0e..a06ccf6e2a 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
  * Build and test procedure for netrc credential helper (in contrib/)
    has been updated.
 
- * The conversion to pass "the_repository" and then "a_repository"
-   throughout the object access API continues.
-
  * Remove unused function definitions and declarations from ewah
    bitmap subsystem.
 
@@ -316,11 +313,6 @@ Fixes since v2.18
    to the submodule was changed in the range of commits in the
    superproject, sometimes showing "(null)".  This has been corrected.
 
- * "git submodule" did not correctly adjust core.worktree setting that
-   indicates whether/where a submodule repository has its associated
-   working tree across various state transitions, which has been
-   corrected.
-
  * Bugfix for "rebase -i" corner case regression.
    (merge a9279c6785 pw/rebase-i-keep-reword-after-conflict later to maint).
 
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index cad3b59a93..e9dc8f7a01 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.19.0-rc1
+DEF_VER=v2.19.0
 
 LF='
 '