diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 257ff954..416e9d3e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1925,6 +1925,7 @@ Ville Skytt
  for fixing a crash when deleting a recording while cutting it
  for fixing several spelling errors
  for adding generating a pkg-config file to the Makefile
+ for removing the '.pl' suffix from all scripts (thanks to Ville Skyttä).
 
 Steffen Beyer <cpunk@reactor.de>
  for fixing setting the colored button help after deleting a recording in case the next
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 65abb3e2..d342dc94 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -6774,3 +6774,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - The new SVDRP command UPDR can be used to trigger an update of the list of
   recordings (thanks to Lars Hanisch).
 - Added generating a pkg-config file to the Makefile (thanks to Ville Skyttä).
+- Removed the '.pl' suffix from all scripts (thanks to Ville Skyttä).
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f1514cf2..c6b8fe2f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
 # how to reach the author.
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.20 2011/12/04 14:12:49 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.21 2011/12/04 14:17:35 kls Exp $
 
 .DELETE_ON_ERROR:
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ install: install-bin install-conf install-doc install-plugins install-i18n insta
 
 install-bin: vdr
 	@mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
-	@cp --remove-destination vdr svdrpsend.pl $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
+	@cp --remove-destination vdr svdrpsend $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
 
 # Configuration files:
 
diff --git a/epg2html.pl b/epg2html
similarity index 97%
rename from epg2html.pl
rename to epg2html
index a18ec08b..8b9e7b1f 100755
--- a/epg2html.pl
+++ b/epg2html
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 # plus an 'index.htm' file. All output files are written into the current
 # directory.
 #
-# Usage: epg2html.pl < /video/epg.data
+# Usage: epg2html < /video/epg.data
 #
 # See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
 # how to reach the author.
 #
-# $Id: epg2html.pl 1.7 2006/04/17 12:19:08 kls Exp $
+# $Id: epg2html 2.1 2011/12/04 14:17:35 kls Exp $
 
 @Index = ();
 
diff --git a/i18n-to-gettext.pl b/i18n-to-gettext
similarity index 99%
rename from i18n-to-gettext.pl
rename to i18n-to-gettext
index 29d9345d..6932fd27 100755
--- a/i18n-to-gettext.pl
+++ b/i18n-to-gettext
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 # Extracts all texts from the file i18n.c and creates language
 # specific *.po files.
 #
-# Usage: i18n-to-gettext.pl
+# Usage: i18n-to-gettext
 #
 # See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
 # how to reach the author.
 #
-# $Id: i18n-to-gettext.pl 2.1 2009/10/18 14:07:49 kls Exp $
+# $Id: i18n-to-gettext 2.2 2011/12/04 14:17:35 kls Exp $
 
 # How to convert an actual plugin:
 #
diff --git a/libsi/Makefile b/libsi/Makefile
index 37be2f60..b24eb31d 100644
--- a/libsi/Makefile
+++ b/libsi/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a libsi
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.1 2010/11/07 13:31:05 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.2 2011/12/04 14:18:38 kls Exp $
 
 ### The C++ compiler and options:
 
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ clean:
 
 dist:
 	tar cvzf libsi.tar.gz -C .. libsi/util.c libsi/si.c libsi/section.c libsi/descriptor.c \
-   libsi/util.h libsi/si.h libsi/section.h libsi/descriptor.h libsi/headers.h libsi/Makefile libsi/gendescr.pl
+   libsi/util.h libsi/si.h libsi/section.h libsi/descriptor.h libsi/headers.h libsi/Makefile libsi/gendescr
diff --git a/libsi/gendescr.pl b/libsi/gendescr
similarity index 97%
rename from libsi/gendescr.pl
rename to libsi/gendescr
index 8273f640..781340a7 100755
--- a/libsi/gendescr.pl
+++ b/libsi/gendescr
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 
-# $Id: gendescr.pl 1.2 2003/12/13 10:42:05 kls Exp $
+# $Id: gendescr 1.2 2003/12/13 10:42:05 kls Exp $
 
 print "Name (ohne ...Descriptor):";
 $name=<STDIN>;
diff --git a/summary2info.pl b/summary2info
similarity index 94%
rename from summary2info.pl
rename to summary2info
index 15300e5d..fc633f92 100755
--- a/summary2info.pl
+++ b/summary2info
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 # Converts all 'summary.vdr' files in the video directory to the
 # 'info.vdr' format as used from VDR version 1.3.25 upward.
 #
-# Usage: summary2info.pl /video
+# Usage: summary2info /video
 #
 # See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
 # how to reach the author.
 #
-# $Id: summary2info.pl 1.6 2006/04/17 12:19:24 kls Exp $
+# $Id: summary2info 2.1 2011/12/04 14:17:35 kls Exp $
 
 $VideoDir = $ARGV[0] || die "please provide the name of the video directory\n";