diff --git a/bugs.md b/bugs.md
index 3a3680b31..ab5759bbd 100644
--- a/bugs.md
+++ b/bugs.md
@@ -912,33 +912,12 @@ We would appreciate anyone who has it or even just knows the name! Thank you.
 # 1996
 
 ## [1996/august](1996/august/august.c) ([README.md](1996/august/README.md))
-## STATUS: doesn't work with some compilers - please provide alternative code
+## STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
 
 [Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed a segfault in
-this program that prevented it from working but he observes that this hangs
-in macOS with this invocation in particular:
-
-```sh
-cat august.c august.oc | ./august > august.oo
-```
-
-This happens to do with the fact that macOS is `clang` even the binary `gcc`.
-Trying clang in linux and the same problem occurs. As well if specifying (even
-with gcc) certain flags this also happens namely `-ggdb3`. The bug fix involved
-increasing the value of `Z` as it was accessing way out of range of the array,
-thus causing a segfault.
-
-The compilation should look like:
-
-```sh
-cc -std=gnu90 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Wno-error -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-invalid-source-encoding -Wno-invalid-utf8  -DZ=240000 -D'T=m[s]' -D'P=m[s++]' -D'L=m[p++]' -D'g=getchar()' -DE=else -DW=while -D'B=m[p++]' -DI=if -DR='s=s+l/2;T=r;I(l%2)s++' -D'X=m[s-' -D'D=Q(13,-)Q(14,*)Q(15,/)Q(16,%)Q(6,==)Q(7,!=)Q(8,<)C(1,r=P;m[T]=r;T=r)C(9,r=P;m[T]=r;s++)'  -O3 august.c -o august 
-```
-
-but again this will not work with clang. As the judges noted that some compilers
-compile it into an infinite loop I'm (Cody) inclined to believe that this is the
-source of the problem.
-
-Nevertheless if you have a fix for clang we welcome it!
+this program that prevented it from working in gcc. It is known, however, that
+some compilers (like clang) will compile the code so that it enters an infinite
+loop. See the README.md file for an example command that this can happen with.
 
 
 ## [1996/gandalf](1996/gandalf/gandalf.c) ([README.md](1996/gandalf/README.md))
diff --git a/thanks-for-fixes.md b/thanks-for-fixes.md
index a410d5b20..4ca714d2b 100644
--- a/thanks-for-fixes.md
+++ b/thanks-for-fixes.md
@@ -438,10 +438,8 @@ worked fine in macOS).
 
 Cody fixed this for modern systems. It had `1s` in places for a short int which
 was changed to just `1`.  Since it's instructional to see the differences he has
-provided an alternate version with the original code. See below.
-
-Cody provided the original source in [westley.alt.c](1990/westley/westley.alt.c).
-
+provided an alternate version, [westley.alt.c](1990/westley/westley.alt.c) which
+is the original code.
 
 
 ## [1991/brnstnd](1991/brnstnd/brnstnd.c) ([README.md](1991/brnstnd/README.md]))
@@ -667,13 +665,10 @@ calls which has the four args.
 ## [1996/august](1996/august/august.c) ([README.md](1996/august/README.md]))
 
 Cody fixed a segfault in this program that prevented it from working right but
-he notes it hangs in macOS. It works fine in linux. This is because macOS has
-clang, not gcc, even the gcc binary. He observed that with specific compiler
-flags it hangs in linux too and perhaps it's related to this in macOS; maybe
-other flags are needed but he doesn't know (at least not yet). He provided a bit
-more information in [bugs.md](/bugs.md) for anyone who wants to have a go at
-providing a fix for other compilers. As there are a lot of commands to try he
-also added [try.sh](1996/august/try.sh).
+he notes it hangs in macOS. This is because some compilers compile it into an
+infinite loop and this was documented by the judges. It works fine in linux if
+using gcc but macOS, having only clang by default (even the gcc binary) will not
+work.
 
 
 ## [1996/dalbec](1996/dalbec/dalbec.c) ([README.md](1996/dalbec/README.md]))