diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 6ec9ffbcb..f05553f87 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
 </itemizedlist>
 </para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>August 8th, 2002 [gerard]: Chapter 06 - Ncurses: removed
+the <emphasis>--disable-termcap</emphasis> configure option. Termcap is
+disabled by default now, so no need for this option (left over from a long
+time ago when it was needed).</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>August 8th, 2002 [gerard]: Chapter 06 - Linux: Added the
 command <userinput>cp include/asm-generic /usr/include</userinput>. There
 are programs which use the files in there, as well as headers in the
diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml b/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml
index 4145f8481..f393f9db5 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ valid in the new C++ standard.</para>
 <para><userinput>--with-shared:</userinput> This enables the build of the
 shared ncurses library files.</para>
 
-<para><userinput>--disable-termcap:</userinput> Disabled the compilation of
-termcap fall back support.</para>
-
 <para><userinput>mv /lib/*.a /usr/lib :</userinput> This
 moves all of the static ncurses library files from /lib to /usr/lib.
 /lib should only contain the shared files which are essential to the
diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml b/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
index 2b49b3770..a6adcb92d 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ commands.</para>
 <para>Install Ncurses by running the following commands:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../ncurses-&ncurses-patch-version;.patch &amp;&amp;
-./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib \
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--with-shared --disable-termcap &amp;&amp;
+./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib --with-shared &amp;&amp;
 make &amp;&amp;
 make install &amp;&amp;
 mv /lib/*.a /usr/lib &amp;&amp;