diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index fad0e412..c29412b3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ver. 0.7.6 (200?/??/??) - ???
 - Added a "sleep 1" in redhat-initd. Thanks to Jim Wight
 - Use /dev/log for SYSLOG output. Thanks to Joerg Sommrey
 - Use numeric output for iptables in "actioncheck"
+- Fixed removal of host in hosts.deny. Thanks to René Berber
 
 ver. 0.7.5 (2006/12/07) - beta
 ----------
diff --git a/README b/README
index 0dedd93a..911ba62e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ Kévin Drapel, Marvin Rouge, Sireyessire, Robert Edeker,
 Tom Pike, Iain Lea, Andrey G. Grozin, Yaroslav Halchenko,
 Jonathan Kamens, Stephen Gildea, Markus Hoffmann, Mark
 Edgington, Patrick Börjesson, kojiro, zugeschmiert, Tyler,
-Nick Munger, Christoph Haas, Justin Shore, Joël Bertrand
+Nick Munger, Christoph Haas, Justin Shore, Joël Bertrand,
+René Berber
 
 License:
 --------
diff --git a/config/action.d/hostsdeny.conf b/config/action.d/hostsdeny.conf
index 784fddc5..3282a4cb 100644
--- a/config/action.d/hostsdeny.conf
+++ b/config/action.d/hostsdeny.conf
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ actionban = IP=<ip> &&
 #          <time>  unix timestamp of the ban time
 # Values:  CMD
 #
-actionunban = IP=<ip> &&
-              grep -v "ALL: $IP" <file> > <tmpfile> &&
-              mv <tmpfile> <file>
+actionunban = IP=<ip> && sed -i.old /ALL:\ $IP/d <file>
 
 [Init]
 
@@ -55,10 +53,3 @@ actionunban = IP=<ip> &&
 # Values:  STR  Default:  /etc/hosts.deny
 #
 file = /etc/hosts.deny
-
-# Option:  file
-# Notes.:  hosts.deny temporary file path.
-# Values:  STR  Default:  /etc/hostsdeny.failban
-#
-tmpfile = /tmp/hosts.deny.tmp
-