diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9cb52722d..c56d96e55 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,9 +92,11 @@ $(DATESTAMP):
 build/news.html: $(WWW_CCC_DE_UPDATES) $(CALENDAR_SUMMARY) $(DATESTAMP)
 build/news-rss.xml : STYLE=xsl/rss.xsl
 build/news-rss.xml : NOVALID_IGNORE:=true
+build/news-rss.xml : PFLAGS+=--stringparam prefix ""
 build/news-rss.xml : VFLAGS_OUT=--noout --schema xsd/rss20.xsd
 build/news-atom.xml : STYLE=xsl/atom.xsl
 build/news-atom.xml : NOVALID_IGNORE:=true
+build/news-atom.xml : PFLAGS+=--stringparam prefix ""
 build/news-atom.xml : VFLAGS_OUT=--noout --relaxng xsd/atom.rng
 build/podcast.xml : STYLE=xsl/podcast.xsl
 build/podcast.xml : NOVALID_IGNORE:=true
diff --git a/xsl/rss.xsl b/xsl/rss.xsl
index dc89d9cad..66cb7b17e 100644
--- a/xsl/rss.xsl
+++ b/xsl/rss.xsl
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
         <xsl:for-each select="newsfile">
           <xsl:sort select="date:seconds(document(.)/item/@date)" data-type="number" order="descending" />
           <xsl:variable name="newsfile" select="."/>
-        <xsl:message>prefix: <xsl:value-of select="$prefix"/> newsfile: <xsl:value-of select="substring-after(substring-after($newsfile, '/'), '/')"/></xsl:message>
           <xsl:if test="(position() &lt;= 10) and
                         starts-with(substring-after(substring-after($newsfile, '/'), '/'), $prefix)">