diff --git a/chapter08/bc.xml b/chapter08/bc.xml
index 314623d76..dfff0364f 100644
--- a/chapter08/bc.xml
+++ b/chapter08/bc.xml
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
       <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
 
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><parameter>CC=gcc CFLAGS="-std=c99"</parameter></term>
+        <term><parameter>CC=gcc"</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>These parameters specify the compiler and the C standard to use.</para>
+          <para>These parameters specify the compiler to use.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/readline.xml b/chapter08/readline.xml
index b512261b3..8d4145fee 100644
--- a/chapter08/readline.xml
+++ b/chapter08/readline.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ sed -i '/{OLDSUFF}/c:' support/shlib-install</userinput></screen>
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make SHLIB_LIBS="-lncursesw" install</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Now move the dynamic libraries to a more appropriate location
-    and fix up some permissions and symbolic links:</para>
+    and fix up symbolic links:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/lib/lib{readline,history}.so.* /lib
 ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libreadline.so) /usr/lib/libreadline.so