diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 34d5840749..ddd8651d8f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2004-03-30  Derek Atkins  <derek@ihtfp.com>
+
+	* src/report/report-system/report-system.scm:
+	* src/report/utility-reports/iframe-url.scm:
+	  don't need to require format; main.scm handles it, and
+	  the default "format" (simple-format) is sufficient to
+	  handle everything we need.  This allows gnucash to work
+	  with slib3.
+
 2004-03-14  Joshua Sled  <jsled@asynchronous.org>
 
 	* src/gnome/druid-loan.c (ld_get_loan_range): Fix precedence bug
diff --git a/src/report/report-system/report-system.scm b/src/report/report-system/report-system.scm
index e5c8899e47..0dfe3f4e86 100644
--- a/src/report/report-system/report-system.scm
+++ b/src/report/report-system/report-system.scm
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 (use-modules (g-wrap gw-glib))
 
 (require 'hash-table)
-(if (not (defined? 'simple-format))
-    (require 'format))
 
 (gnc:module-load "gnucash/engine" 0)
 (gnc:module-load "gnucash/app-utils" 0)
diff --git a/src/report/utility-reports/iframe-url.scm b/src/report/utility-reports/iframe-url.scm
index 91e6ac431f..9cd56997ee 100644
--- a/src/report/utility-reports/iframe-url.scm
+++ b/src/report/utility-reports/iframe-url.scm
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 (use-modules (ice-9 slib))
 (use-modules (gnucash gnc-module))
 
-(require 'format)
 (gnc:module-load "gnucash/report/report-system" 0)
 
 (define (options-generator)