diff --git a/STATUS b/STATUS
index 3a5d0bfff8d..06f03847511 100644
--- a/STATUS
+++ b/STATUS
@@ -251,12 +251,6 @@ HISTORIC PATCHES PROPOSED TO BACKPORT FROM TRUNK:
      +1: jorton, covener
      covener: docs need fixup for "2.5.1" 
 
-   *) ab: remove SVN keywords in copyright msg
-      trunk patch:   https://svn.apache.org/r1939247
-     +1: covener
-     covener: trivial patch probably needs to manually re-applied due to the 
-              keyword expansion.
-
   *) mod_proxy: Update the shared worker status word atomically, so a
      change to one status bit (error, initialized, ...) can't be lost to a
      concurrent change of another.
diff --git a/support/ab.c b/support/ab.c
index 824bf808aa9..598ab958b2a 100644
--- a/support/ab.c
+++ b/support/ab.c
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 /*
    ** This program is based on ZeusBench V1.0 written by Adam Twiss
-   ** which is Copyright (c) 1996 by Zeus Technology Ltd. http://www.zeustech.net/
+   ** which is Copyright (c) 1996 by Zeus Technology Ltd.
+   ** http://web.archive.org/web/20000304112933/http://www.zeustech.net/
    **
    ** This software is provided "as is" and any express or implied warranties,
    ** including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and
@@ -2128,15 +2129,15 @@ static void test(void)
 static void copyright(void)
 {
     if (!use_html) {
-        printf("This is ApacheBench, Version %s\n", AP_AB_BASEREVISION " <$Revision$>");
-        printf("Copyright 1996 Adam Twiss, Zeus Technology Ltd, http://www.zeustech.net/\n");
+        printf("This is ApacheBench, Version %s\n", AP_AB_BASEREVISION);
+        printf("Copyright 1996 Adam Twiss, Zeus Technology Ltd, http://web.archive.org/web/20000304112933/http://www.zeustech.net/\n");
         printf("Licensed to The Apache Software Foundation, http://www.apache.org/\n");
         printf("\n");
     }
     else {
         printf("<p>\n");
-        printf(" This is ApacheBench, Version %s <i>&lt;%s&gt;</i><br>\n", AP_AB_BASEREVISION, "$Revision$");
-        printf(" Copyright 1996 Adam Twiss, Zeus Technology Ltd, http://www.zeustech.net/<br>\n");
+        printf(" This is ApacheBench, Version %s<br>\n", AP_AB_BASEREVISION);
+        printf(" Copyright 1996 Adam Twiss, Zeus Technology Ltd, http://web.archive.org/web/20000304112933/http://www.zeustech.net/<br>\n");
         printf(" Licensed to The Apache Software Foundation, http://www.apache.org/<br>\n");
         printf("</p>\n<p>\n");
     }