diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c2af95bd44..0c52f31737 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+	--- 9.16.30 released ---
+
 5899.	[func]		Don't try to process DNSSEC-related and ZONEMD records
 			in catz. [GL #3380]
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cca05c2f4c..43c4f05e4d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15231,7 +15231,7 @@ $as_echo "#define HAVE_GEOIP2 1" >>confdefs.h
 				   MAXMINDDB_LIBS="$MAXMINDDB_LIBS $ac_cv_search_MMDB_open"
 				   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: GeoIP2 default database path set to $with_maxminddb/share/GeoIP" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: GeoIP2 default database path set to $with_maxminddb/share/GeoIP" >&6;}
-				   eval MAXMINDDB_PREFIX=$with_maxminddb
+				   MAXMINDDB_PREFIX=$with_maxminddb
 
 else
   as_fn_error $? "GeoIP2 requested, but libmaxminddb not found" "$LINENO" 5
diff --git a/version b/version
index b91b6b53d1..995567e1d1 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ MINORVER=16
 PATCHVER=30
 RELEASETYPE=
 RELEASEVER=
-EXTENSIONS=-dev
+EXTENSIONS=