diff --git a/chapter06/systemd.xml b/chapter06/systemd.xml
index ebc5fa416..9dc6eea9d 100644
--- a/chapter06/systemd.xml
+++ b/chapter06/systemd.xml
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@
 
     <para>Prepare systemd for compilation:</para>
 
-    <screen><userinput remap="configure">mkdir build
-cd    build
+    <screen><userinput remap="configure">cd    build
 
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8                   \
 meson --prefix=/usr                \