diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 043cf25ed..a5b0d898d 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2013-12-29</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Remove no longer needed makeinfo from Host System
+          Requirements. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3460">#3460</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2013-12-22</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index fabc5994b..224d30e38 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20131222">
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "December 22, 2013">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20131229">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "December 29, 2013">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2013"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "7.5">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
diff --git a/prologue/hostreqs.xml b/prologue/hostreqs.xml
index c793cf7cd..153f31898 100644
--- a/prologue/hostreqs.xml
+++ b/prologue/hostreqs.xml
@@ -123,11 +123,6 @@
       <para><emphasis role="strong">Tar-1.18</emphasis></para>
     </listitem>
 
-    <!-- Needed by the apparently broken Binutils-2.18 -->
-    <listitem>
-      <para><emphasis role="strong">Texinfo-4.9</emphasis></para>
-    </listitem>
-
     <listitem>
       <para><emphasis role="strong">Xz-5.0.0</emphasis></para>
     </listitem>
@@ -183,7 +178,6 @@ patch --version | head -n1
 echo Perl `perl -V:version`
 sed --version | head -n1
 tar --version | head -n1
-echo "Texinfo: `makeinfo --version | head -n1`"
 xz --version | head -n1
 
 echo 'main(){}' &gt; dummy.c &amp;&amp; g++ -o dummy dummy.c