--- a/specs/baseline.rbspec	Wed Jan 18 00:11:21 2017 +0000
+++ b/specs/baseline.rbspec	Sun Jan 29 11:07:02 2017 +0000
@@ -50,12 +50,7 @@
 				   ]
 
     file BUILD_DIR / 'stx' / 'rules'  => BUILD_DIR do | t |
-      # As of 2017-01-13, Borland makefiles fail to compile Smalltalk/X
-      # due to a slash/backslash mess in variables OUTDIR and OUTDIR_SLASH
-      # To (temporarily) workaround that, checkout older version which 
-      # is/was OK.
-      # How could eXept mess up things so badly without noticing?
-      checkout :'exept:public', 'stx/rules', revision: '2017-01-01'
+      checkout :'exept:public', 'stx/rules'
       # the clear is here to avoid multiple checkouts
       t.clear()
     end