diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 59613878e..6dc4c1293 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@
+May 5th, 2003 [gerard]: Removed zlib installation from
+chapter 5 (its inclusion was a mistake).
+
+May 5th, 2003 [gerard]: Various buf fixes that were
+introduced during the pure-lfs integration.
+
May 2nd, 2003 [gerard]: Upgraded to: automake-1.7.4,
e2fsprogs-1.33, file-4.02, flex-2.5.31, gawk-3.1.2, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2,
grep-2.5.1, groff-1.19, less-381, libtool-1.5, man-1.5l, man-pages-1.56,
diff --git a/chapter05/chapter05.xml b/chapter05/chapter05.xml
index c1b96b81c..a8369c913 100644
--- a/chapter05/chapter05.xml
+++ b/chapter05/chapter05.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
&c5-dejagnu;
&c5-gcc-pass2;
&c5-binutils-pass2;
-&c5-zlib;
&c5-gawk;
&c5-coreutils;
&c5-bzip2;
diff --git a/chapter05/zlib-inst.xml b/chapter05/zlib-inst.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d49bab377..000000000
--- a/chapter05/zlib-inst.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-
-
-
-Installation of Zlib
-
-Prepare Zlib to be compiled:
-
-CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" \
- ./configure --prefix=/stage1 --shared
-
-The -fPIC flag helps to assure
-quality in the dynamic zlib library.
-
-Some packages expect a static zlib library to be present
-on the system. To satisfy those programs, compile both the
-shared and static libraries:
-
-make
-make test
-
-Install the libraries:
-
-make install
-
-
diff --git a/chapter05/zlib.xml b/chapter05/zlib.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 591ae69df..000000000
--- a/chapter05/zlib.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-
-Installing Zlib-&zlib-version;
-
-
-Estimated build time: &zlib-time;
-Estimated required disk space: &zlib-compsize;
-
-&aa-zlib-shortdesc;
-&aa-zlib-dep;
-&c5-zlib-inst;
-
-
-
diff --git a/entities/zlib.ent b/entities/zlib.ent
index 86fc5e81a..74e4a9666 100644
--- a/entities/zlib.ent
+++ b/entities/zlib.ent
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-
-
-