diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 219c39170..64aa49460 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2010-03-18</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] Remove commands no longer necessary in order to run
+          the Bash test suite. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2601">#2601</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Binutils-2.20.1. Fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2599">#2599</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/bash.xml b/chapter06/bash.xml
index 98d966c06..c042eb830 100644
--- a/chapter06/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bash.xml
@@ -75,14 +75,9 @@
     <para>Skip down to <quote>Install the
     package</quote> if not running the test suite.</para>
 
-    <para>To prepare the tests, ensure that the locale
-    setting from our environment will be used and that the <systemitem
-    class="username">nobody</systemitem> user can read the standard input
-    device and write to the sources tree:</para>
+    <para>To prepare the tests, ensure that the <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> user can write to the sources tree:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">sed -i 's/LANG/LC_ALL/' tests/intl.tests
-sed -i 's@tests@&amp; &lt;/dev/tty@' tests/run-test
-chown -Rv nobody ./</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv nobody .</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Now, run the tests as the <systemitem
     class="username">nobody</systemitem> user:</para>