diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index f21af66fd..c7ec0bada 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>March 18, 2006</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Do not run configure manually for iproute2 as it
+          is run automatically by the Makefile.  Thanks to Chris Staub for the
+          patch.  Fixes ticket #1734.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Make bzdiff use mktemp instead of the deprecated
           tempfile command.  Thanks to Chris Staub for the patch.  Fixes ticket
diff --git a/chapter06/iproute2.xml b/chapter06/iproute2.xml
index 96a992878..84e4244e0 100644
--- a/chapter06/iproute2.xml
+++ b/chapter06/iproute2.xml
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of IPRoute2</title>
 
-    <para>Prepare IPRoute2 for compilation:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>chmod u+x configure &amp;&amp;
-./configure</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>make SBINDIR=/sbin</userinput></screen>