diff --git a/chapter07/kernfs.xml b/chapter07/kernfs.xml
index 585f8852c..a5230a5d9 100644
--- a/chapter07/kernfs.xml
+++ b/chapter07/kernfs.xml
@@ -85,17 +85,6 @@ ln -sfv /proc/self/fd/1 /dev/stdout
 ln -sfv /proc/self/fd/2 /dev/stderr
 ln -sv  /proc/self/fd   /dev</userinput></screen>
 
-      <para>In other cases <filename>/dev/shm</filename> is a mountpoint 
-      for a tmpfs. In that case the mount of /dev above will only create
-      /dev/shm in the chroot environment as a directory. In this situation
-      we explicitly mount a tmpfs,</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>if [ -h $LFS/dev/shm ]; then
-  mkdir -pv $LFS/$(readlink $LFS/dev/shm)
-else
-  mount -t tmpfs -o nosuid,nodev tmpfs $LFS/dev/shm
-fi</userinput></screen>
-
   </sect2>
 
 </sect1>