diff --git a/chapter07/kernfs.xml b/chapter07/kernfs.xml
index 48826d06c..4ec299708 100644
--- a/chapter07/kernfs.xml
+++ b/chapter07/kernfs.xml
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@
       <xref linkend='ch-config-udev-device-node-creation'/> for details.)
       If the host kernel supports &devtmpfs;, we can simply mount a
       &devtmpfs; at <filename class='directory'>$LFS/dev</filename> and rely
-      on the kernel to populate it (i.e., the udev daemon will do the
-      necessary work automatically).</para>
+      on the kernel to populate it.</para>
 
       <para>But some host kernels lack &devtmpfs; support; these
       host distros use different methods to create the content of