diff --git a/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml b/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml
index 7e40582f9..c4e3910a1 100644
--- a/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml
+++ b/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml
@@ -121,16 +121,9 @@ done</userinput></screen>
  ;;
 esac</userinput></screen>
 
-<screen arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all"><userinput remap="pre">sed -e '/m64=/s/lib64/lib/' \
-    -i.orig gcc/config/i386/t-linux64
-cat > gcc/config/i386/t-linux64 &lt;&lt;"EOF"
-comma=,
-MULTILIB_OPTIONS    = $(subst $(comma),/,$(TM_MULTILIB_CONFIG))
-MULTILIB_DIRNAMES   = $(patsubst m%, %, $(subst /, ,$(MULTILIB_OPTIONS)))
-MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES = m64=../lib$(call if_multiarch,:x86_64-linux-gnu)
-MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES+= m32=../lib32$(call if_multiarch,:i386-linux-gnu)
-MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES+= mx32=../libx32$(call if_multiarch,:x86_64-linux-gnux32)
-EOF</userinput></screen>
+<screen arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all"><userinput remap="pre">sed -e '/m64=/s/lib64/lib/'  \
+    -e '/m32=/s/m32=.*/m32=..\/lib32$(call if_multiarch,:i386-linux-gnu)/' \
+    -i.orig gcc/config/i386/t-linux64</userinput></screen>
 
 <!--
     <para>GCC doesn't detect stack protection correctly, which causes problems
diff --git a/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml b/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml
index 647616a54..b99afa41f 100644
--- a/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml
+++ b/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml
@@ -96,16 +96,9 @@ esac</userinput></screen>
     <para arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all">Change the default directory name for 64-bit
     libraries to <quote>lib</quote>:</para>
 
-<screen arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all"><userinput remap="pre">sed -e '/m64=/s/lib64/lib/' \
-    -i.orig gcc/config/i386/t-linux64
-cat > gcc/config/i386/t-linux64 &lt;&lt;"EOF"
-comma=,
-MULTILIB_OPTIONS    = $(subst $(comma),/,$(TM_MULTILIB_CONFIG))
-MULTILIB_DIRNAMES   = $(patsubst m%, %, $(subst /, ,$(MULTILIB_OPTIONS)))
-MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES = m64=../lib$(call if_multiarch,:x86_64-linux-gnu)
-MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES+= m32=../lib32$(call if_multiarch,:i386-linux-gnu)
-MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES+= mx32=../libx32$(call if_multiarch,:x86_64-linux-gnux32)
-EOF</userinput></screen>
+<screen arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all"><userinput remap="pre">sed -e '/m64=/s/lib64/lib/'  \
+    -e '/m32=/s/m32=.*/m32=..\/lib32$(call if_multiarch,:i386-linux-gnu)/' \
+    -i.orig gcc/config/i386/t-linux64</userinput></screen>
 
     <para arch="default">As in the first build of GCC it requires the GMP,
     MPFR, and MPC packages. Unpack the tarballs and move them into the
diff --git a/chapter06/gcc.xml b/chapter06/gcc.xml
index c4f9456d4..fcdd4b392 100644
--- a/chapter06/gcc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gcc.xml
@@ -54,16 +54,9 @@ esac</userinput></screen>
     <para arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all">Change the default directory name for 64-bit
     libraries to <quote>lib</quote>:</para>
 
-<screen arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all"><userinput remap="pre">sed -e '/m64=/s/lib64/lib/' \
-    -i.orig gcc/config/i386/t-linux64
-cat &gt; gcc/config/i386/t-linux64 &lt;&lt;"EOF"
-comma=,
-MULTILIB_OPTIONS    = $(subst $(comma),/,$(TM_MULTILIB_CONFIG))
-MULTILIB_DIRNAMES   = $(patsubst m%, %, $(subst /, ,$(MULTILIB_OPTIONS)))
-MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES = m64=../lib$(call if_multiarch,:x86_64-linux-gnu)
-MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES+= m32=../lib32$(call if_multiarch,:i386-linux-gnu)
-MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES+= mx32=../libx32$(call if_multiarch,:x86_64-linux-gnux32)
-EOF</userinput></screen>
+<screen arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all"><userinput remap="pre">sed -e '/m64=/s/lib64/lib/'  \
+    -e '/m32=/s/m32=.*/m32=..\/lib32$(call if_multiarch,:i386-linux-gnu)/' \
+    -i.orig gcc/config/i386/t-linux64</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Remove the symlink created earlier as the final gcc includes will be
     installed here:</para>