diff --git a/chapter05/gcc-inst.xml b/chapter05/gcc-inst.xml
index d78298cc4..066f8195f 100644
--- a/chapter05/gcc-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/gcc-inst.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ Install GCC by running the following commands:
 
 <para>
 <screen>
-<userinput>cd $LFS/usr/src/gcc-&gcc-version; &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-&gcc-version;.patch &amp;&amp;</userinput>
-<userinput>mkdir $LFS/usr/src/gcc-build &amp;&amp;</userinput>
-<userinput>cd $LFS/usr/src/gcc-build &amp;&amp;</userinput>
+<userinput>mkdir ../gcc-build &amp;&amp;</userinput>
+<userinput>cd ../gcc-build &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>../gcc-&gcc-version;/configure --prefix=/usr \</userinput>
 <userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-nls \</userinput>
 <userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--disable-shared &amp;&amp;</userinput>