diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c01af3d..9093404 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4611,3 +4611,7 @@ Fri Apr 26 14:34:08 2002                        Michael Jennings (mej)
 
 Minor tweak so bottom-docked buttonbars are properly placed.
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+Sun Apr 28 10:06:32 2002                        Michael Jennings (mej)
+
+Don't require the new libast just yet....
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/buttons.c b/src/buttons.c
index 2a50c99..23705fb 100644
--- a/src/buttons.c
+++ b/src/buttons.c
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ void
 bbar_calc_positions(void)
 {
     register buttonbar_t *bbar;
-    spif_uint32_t top_y, bottom_y;
+    unsigned short top_y, bottom_y;
 
     top_y = 0;
     bottom_y = szHint.height;