diff --git a/Attic/appendixc/ncurses-patch.xml b/Attic/appendixc/ncurses-patch.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 38aa67518..000000000
--- a/Attic/appendixc/ncurses-patch.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Ncurses Patch (&ncurses-version;):
-<ulink url="&ftp;/">&ftp;/</ulink>
-<ulink url="&http;/">&http;/</ulink>
-
diff --git a/Attic/appendixc/packages.xml b/Attic/appendixc/packages.xml
index dbd84c874..eefbe5fe5 100644
--- a/Attic/appendixc/packages.xml
+++ b/Attic/appendixc/packages.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ package quicker.</para>
 &ac-manpages-patch;
 &ac-findutils-patch;
 &ac-ncurses;
-&ac-ncurses-patch;
 &ac-vim;
 &ac-bison;
 &ac-less;
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 138479341..5ca06ddd0 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 <listitem><para>e2fsprogs-1.22</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>file-3.36</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>groff-1.17.2</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>new ncurses patch-20010721</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>linux-2.4.8</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>sysvinit-2.81</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>autoconf-2.52</para></listitem>
@@ -27,6 +26,9 @@
 
 </para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>Chapter 6: ncurses patch totally
+removed.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>Chapter 5: sed command for bzip2 static compile has been
 replaced with a simpler flag to gcc.</para></listitem>
 
diff --git a/chapter04/ncurses-patch.xml b/chapter04/ncurses-patch.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f0b65b1e..000000000
--- a/chapter04/ncurses-patch.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-Ncurses Patch (&ncurses-version;) - &ncurses-patch-size;:
-<ulink
-url="&ftp;/ncurses-&ncurses-version;-&ncurses-patch-version;.patch.bz2">&ftp;/ncurses-&ncurses-version;-&ncurses-patch-version;.patch.bz2</ulink>
-<ulink
-url="&http;/ncurses-&ncurses-version;-&ncurses-patch-version;.patch.bz2">&http;/ncurses-&ncurses-version;-&ncurses-patch-version;.patch.bz2</ulink>
-
diff --git a/chapter04/packages.xml b/chapter04/packages.xml
index 64fd0b65b..e532c22fb 100644
--- a/chapter04/packages.xml
+++ b/chapter04/packages.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 &c3-findutils;
 &c3-findutils-patch;
 &c3-ncurses;
-&c3-ncurses-patch;
 &c3-vim;
 &c3-bison;
 &c3-less;
diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml b/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml
index 968ec9fbe..4a988d279 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <sect2>
 <title>Command explanations</title>
 
-<para><userinput>patch -Np1 -F10 -i ../ncurses-&ncurses-version;-&ncurses-patch-version;.patch:</userinput> 
-Regular updates to the ncurses package are provided as patch files so this is 
-to make the source tree up to date.</para>
-
 <para><userinput>--with-shared:</userinput> This enables the build of the
 shared ncurses library files.</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml b/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
index d2d53812c..f870c55fb 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <sect2>
 <title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
 
-<para>Before Ncurses is installed, the patch file needs to be unzipped.  Install Ncurses by running the following commands:</para>
+<para>Install Ncurses by running the following commands:</para>
 
-<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -F10 -i ../ncurses-&ncurses-version;-&ncurses-patch-version;.patch &amp;&amp;</userinput>
-<userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib \</userinput>
+<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib \</userinput>
 <userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--with-shared --disable-termcap &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>make &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>
diff --git a/index.xml b/index.xml
index 47a04b11c..6f09a4e6f 100644
--- a/index.xml
+++ b/index.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
 <!ENTITY c3-findutils SYSTEM "chapter3/findutils.xml">
 <!ENTITY c3-findutils-patch SYSTEM "chapter3/findutils-patch.xml">
 <!ENTITY c3-ncurses SYSTEM "chapter3/ncurses.xml">
-<!ENTITY c3-ncurses-patch SYSTEM "chapter3/ncurses-patch.xml">
 <!ENTITY c3-vim SYSTEM "chapter3/vim.xml">
 <!ENTITY c3-bison SYSTEM "chapter3/bison.xml">
 <!ENTITY c3-less SYSTEM "chapter3/less.xml">
@@ -493,7 +492,6 @@
 <!ENTITY ac-findutils SYSTEM "appendixc/findutils.xml">
 <!ENTITY ac-findutils-patch SYSTEM "appendixc/findutils-patch.xml">
 <!ENTITY ac-ncurses SYSTEM "appendixc/ncurses.xml">
-<!ENTITY ac-ncurses-patch SYSTEM "appendixc/ncurses-patch.xml">
 <!ENTITY ac-vim SYSTEM "appendixc/vim.xml">
 <!ENTITY ac-bison SYSTEM "appendixc/bison.xml">
 <!ENTITY ac-less SYSTEM "appendixc/less.xml">
@@ -521,9 +519,9 @@
 <!ENTITY ac-netkitbase SYSTEM "appendixc/netkitbase.xml">
 <!ENTITY ac-nettools SYSTEM "appendixc/nettools.xml">
 
-<!ENTITY all-version "cvs-20010811-1330">
-<!ENTITY all-size-kb "77,250 KB">
-<!ENTITY all-size-mb "75.44 MB">
+<!ENTITY all-version "cvs-20010815-1410">
+<!ENTITY all-size-kb "76,770 KB">
+<!ENTITY all-size-mb "74.97 MB">
 
 <!ENTITY bootscripts-version "lfs-bootscripts-cvs-20010806-0420">
 
@@ -686,9 +684,7 @@
 <!ENTITY findutils-time "1 minute">
 
 <!ENTITY ncurses-version "5.2">
-<!ENTITY ncurses-patch-version "20010721">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-size "1,308 KB">
-<!ENTITY ncurses-patch-size "481 KB">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-compsize "29 MB">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-time "6 minutes">