diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ad8f444..052faa2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ all install clean distclean:
 
 PACKAGE=sysvinit
 VERSION=$(shell sed -rn '1s/.*[[:blank:]]\((.*)\)[[:blank:]].*/\1/p' doc/Changelog)
-SVLOGIN=$(shell svn info | sed -rn '/Repository Root:/{ s|.*//(.*)\@.*|\1|p }')
+GITLOGIN=$(shell git remote -v | head -n 1 | cut -f 3 -d '/' | cut -f 1 -d '@')
 override TMP:=$(shell mktemp -d $(VERSION).XXXXXXXX)
 override TARBALL:=$(TMP)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.bz2
 override SFTPBATCH:=$(TMP)/$(VERSION)-sftpbatch
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dist: $(TARBALL)
 	rm -rf $(TMP)
 
 upload: $(SFTPBATCH)
-	echo @sftp -b $< $(SVLOGIN)@dl.sv.nongnu.org:/releases/$(PACKAGE)
+	echo @sftp -b $< $(GITLOGIN)@dl.sv.nongnu.org:/releases/$(PACKAGE)
 	rm -rf $(TMP)
 
 $(SFTPBATCH): $(TARBALL).sig
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index a8be14e..aa67744 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 sysvinit (2.89) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   [ Jesse Smith ]
+    * Removed two sleep calls when we are doing sync anyway to make sure
+      data is being written. Speeds up reboot time by about two seconds.
     * Fixed Clang compiler warning regarding variable data parameters to sprintf().
     * Updated top-level Makefile to work with git repo instead of old svn repo.
     * Removed unused variables and findtty() function in bootlogd
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ sysvinit (2.89) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     We will use /etc/nologin and let distros patch to suit their own preference.
     * Updated halt.8 man page with corrections from
     Christoph Anton Mitterer.
-    * Confirme we have applied patch from Bjarni Ingi Gislason
+    * Confirmed we have applied patch from Bjarni Ingi Gislason
     which fixes typo in fstab-decode man page.
     * Applied Debian patch to allow init to build on GNU Hurd.
     (Credit: Roger Leigh)
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ sysvinit (2.89) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     effort and pull in a new dependency on libmount.
     * Problem with pidof breaks after prelink (Savannah bug #34992)
     fixed. Patch supplied by Dave Dykstra.
-    * Patch to automatically spawn agetty on kernel consoles
+    * Patch to automatically spawn a getty on kernel consoles
     The feature is useful for developers and admins that occasionally need
     to boot with e.g. console=ttyS0.
     The built in default can be overridden via inittab for each device. An
diff --git a/src/halt.c b/src/halt.c
index 5b9430c..7dbafa2 100644
--- a/src/halt.c
+++ b/src/halt.c
@@ -266,7 +266,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	if (do_sync) {
 		sync();
-		sleep(2);
+		/* Sync should be fine on its own for making sure data is written.
+                   We probably call shutdown after this anyway to clean up.
+                   -- Jesse
+                sleep(2);
+                */
 	}
 
 	if (do_ifdown)
diff --git a/src/shutdown.c b/src/shutdown.c
index f85bc38..1208c57 100644
--- a/src/shutdown.c
+++ b/src/shutdown.c
@@ -359,7 +359,8 @@ void fastdown()
 #endif
 
 	/* script failed or not present: do it ourself. */
-	sleep(1); /* Give init the chance to collect zombies. */
+	/* Give init the chance to collect zombies. */
+        /* sleep(1); */
 
 	/* Record the fact that we're going down */
 	write_wtmp("shutdown", "~~", 0, RUN_LVL, "~~");