diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 9a2106420..8633f3401 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>[ken] - Upgrade to file-4.21, fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2017">#2017</ulink>.</para>
+          <para>[ken] - Upgrade to less-403, fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2019">#2019</ulink>.</para>
 	</listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index c2902ea4c..2dff7b2b5 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Kbd &kbd-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Less &less-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>LFS-Bootscripts &lfs-bootscripts-version;</para>
     </listitem>
@@ -213,9 +213,6 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>&inetutils-man_pages-patch;</para>
     </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>&less-signal_fix-patch;</para>
-    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>&ncurses-coverity-patch;</para>
     </listitem>
@@ -251,6 +248,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>inetutils-no_server_man_pages-1.patch</para>
     </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+      <para>less-394-signal_fix-1.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>linux-2.6.17.13-utf8_input-1.patch</para>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index 49c8d933b..7478f8d43 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -154,14 +154,6 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
-    <varlistentry>
-      <term>Less Signal Fix Patch - <token>&less-signal_fix-patch-size;</token>:</term>
-      <listitem>
-        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&less-signal_fix-patch;"/></para>
-        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&less-signal_fix-patch-md5;</literal></para>
-      </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
-
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Mktemp Tempfile Patch - <token>&mktemp-tempfile-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/less.xml b/chapter06/less.xml
index 67dbb38e5..21c6d9900 100644
--- a/chapter06/less.xml
+++ b/chapter06/less.xml
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Less</title>
 
-    <para>Apply a patch that prevents Less from using a deprecated function:
-    </para>
-
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&less-signal_fix-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Prepare Less for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index ec746477a..c0508af86 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -273,12 +273,12 @@
 <!ENTITY kbd-ch6-du "12.3 MB">
 <!ENTITY kbd-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY less-version "394">
-<!ENTITY less-size "286 KB">
+<!ENTITY less-version "403">
+<!ENTITY less-size "285 KB">
 <!ENTITY less-url "http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/less-&less-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY less-md5 "a9f072ccefa0d315b325f3e9cdbd4b97">
+<!ENTITY less-md5 "46d8d2008f7b6f6c63fb497e5c3a204a">
 <!ENTITY less-home "http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/">
-<!ENTITY less-ch6-du "2.6 MB">
+<!ENTITY less-ch6-du "2.8 MB">
 <!ENTITY less-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-version "20070420">
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index bcdc8c560..053300230 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -82,11 +82,6 @@
 <!ENTITY kbd-gcc4_fixes-patch-size "1.4 KB">
 
 
-<!ENTITY less-signal_fix-patch "less-&less-version;-signal_fix-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY less-signal_fix-patch-md5 "ef8f5750b1ef047e6a06cd4ea23068b0">
-<!ENTITY less-signal_fix-patch-size "2.9 KB">
-
-
 <!ENTITY mktemp-tempfile-patch "mktemp-&mktemp-version;-add_tempfile-3.patch">
 <!ENTITY mktemp-tempfile-patch-md5 "65d73faabe3f637ad79853b460d30a19">
 <!ENTITY mktemp-tempfile-patch-size "3.5 KB">