diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ec22047..9bc02ef 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ In this alpha5 release, we have added:
 Bug fixes:
 
 * Fixed a bug when viewing non-existent quotes.
+* SEVERE: Fixed a bug that caused rehash to fail.
 
 Incompatibilities:
 
diff --git a/doc/CHANGELOG b/doc/CHANGELOG
index defeb69..8f8b68f 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGELOG
+++ b/doc/CHANGELOG
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Auto IRC Bot 3.0: Change Log
 
 3.0 Indev
 ===============================================================================
+    * Bug fix: Fixed broken rehash.
     * Ignore PRIVMSG's if they're from an invalid source.
     * Fixed an odd bug when viewing non-existent quotes.
     * You can now define how many results are returned by QDB SEARCH/MORE at a
diff --git a/lib/Lib/Auto.pm b/lib/Lib/Auto.pm
index 70cf8a3..e4d9cf1 100644
--- a/lib/Lib/Auto.pm
+++ b/lib/Lib/Auto.pm
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ sub rehash
     my %newsettings = $Auto::CONF->parse or err(2, 'Failed to parse configuration file!', 0) and return;
 
     # Check for required configuration values.
-    my @REQCVALS = qw(locale expire_logs server fantasy_pf ratelimit database:format bantype);
+    my @REQCVALS = qw(locale expire_logs server fantasy_pf ratelimit bantype);
     foreach my $REQCVAL (@REQCVALS) {
         if (!defined $newsettings{$REQCVAL}) {
             err(2, "Missing required configuration value: $REQCVAL", 0) and return;