diff --git a/sunrise-commit b/sunrise-commit
index 64284e1..9318b65 100755
--- a/sunrise-commit
+++ b/sunrise-commit
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ main() {
 
 			# With DVCS repos, we do not do ChangeLogs by default...
 			# ...at least unless they're already there.
-			if [ ${SC_VCS} != git -a ${SC_VCS} != hg -o -f ChangeLog ]; then
+			if [ ${SC_VCS#git-} = svn -o -f ChangeLog ]; then
 				sayv 'Cleaning up the ChangeLog...'
 				vcs_reset ChangeLog