diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 4e7b781b6..5635ea814 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2007-04-16</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Remove File's reg_startend patch.  It is not
+          necessary on Glibc-based systems.  Thanks to Greg Schafer for the
+          report.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Coreutils-6.9. Fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1982">#1982</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index 66853cdd9..9ed5d1816 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -82,14 +82,6 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
-    <varlistentry>
-      <term>File REG_STARTEND Patch - <token>&file-reg_startend-patch-size;</token>:</term>
-      <listitem>
-        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&file-reg_startend-patch;"/></para>
-        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&file-reg_startend-patch-md5;</literal></para>
-      </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
-
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Gawk Segfault Patch - <token>&gawk-segfault-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/file.xml b/chapter06/file.xml
index 79bebb700..360e4b0be 100644
--- a/chapter06/file.xml
+++ b/chapter06/file.xml
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of File</title>
 
-    <para>Apply a patch to fix a bug caused by an undefined constant:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&file-reg_startend-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Prepare File for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index 5b30fe08e..dc846d547 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@
 <!ENTITY expect-spawn-patch-size "6.8 KB">
 
 
-<!ENTITY file-reg_startend-patch "file-&file-version;-reg_startend-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY file-reg_startend-patch-md5 "693fddf6b1b017317609aa472a51bc2b">
-<!ENTITY file-reg_startend-patch-size "1.3 KB">
-
-
 <!ENTITY gawk-segfault-patch "gawk-&gawk-version;-segfault_fix-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY gawk-segfault-patch-md5 "7679530d88bf3eb56c42eb6aba342ddb">
 <!ENTITY gawk-segfault-patch-size "1.3 KB">