diff --git a/chapter06/flex-inst.xml b/chapter06/flex-inst.xml
index 839461e76..4fb0e13ce 100644
--- a/chapter06/flex-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/flex-inst.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 <para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
 make &amp;&amp;
 make install &amp;&amp;
-cd /usr/bin &amp;&amp;
-ln -sf flex lex</userinput></screen></para>
+cd /usr/bin</userinput></screen></para>
 
 <para>Some programs don't know about flex and try to find the lex program
 (flex is a (better) alternative for lex). So to please those few