diff --git a/chapter06/bash.xml b/chapter06/bash.xml
index 66c6ef3fc..54fa6f444 100644
--- a/chapter06/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bash.xml
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr                      \
             --build=$(sh support/config.guess) \
             --host=$LFS_TGT                    \
-            --without-bash-malloc              \
-            bash_cv_strtold_broken=no</userinput></screen>
+            --without-bash-malloc</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
       <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
diff --git a/chapter08/bash.xml b/chapter08/bash.xml
index 9dbcf7863..f07a692e7 100644
--- a/chapter08/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter08/bash.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr             \
             --without-bash-malloc     \
             --with-installed-readline \
-            bash_cv_strtold_broken=no \
             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/bash-&bash-version;</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>