diff --git a/chapter08/coreutils.xml b/chapter08/coreutils.xml
index 77c6a7a92..7c528d6c4 100644
--- a/chapter08/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter08/coreutils.xml
@@ -53,14 +53,12 @@
       those bugs are reproducible without this patch.</para>
     </note>
 
-   <!-- this has been fixed in upstream gnulib, when a new version of
-   coreutils is released, please check #4055 to see if the change has been
-   picked up in this package -->
-<!--
-   <para>Now, fix a problem with chmod return values:</para>
+    <!-- https://bugs.gnu.org/62403 -->
+    <para>Fix a bug in checksum utilities causing failed checks not
+    reported correctly:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed '/if ( ! match/s/ed_checksums//' -i src/digest.c</userinput></screen>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-chmod-patch;</userinput></screen>
--->
     <para>Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">autoreconf -fiv