diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index d49746818..38fc057cf 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ of the LFS Book.</para>
 
 <listitem><para>Upgraded to:</para>
 <itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para>binutils-2.15.94.0.1</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>findutils-4.2.10</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>gcc-3.4.3</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>glibc-20041122</para></listitem>
@@ -32,12 +31,13 @@ of the LFS Book.</para>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<!--
 <listitem><para>Added:</para>
 <itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para>binutils-2.15.94.0.1-fix_strip-1.patch</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
- 
+--> 
+
 <listitem><para>Removed:</para>
 <itemizedlist>
 <listitem><para>sysvinit-2.85-proclen-1.patch</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index 2d028c114..e6060645c 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@ following:</para>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
-<varlistentry>
-<term>Binutils Fix Strip Patch - 1KB:</term>
-<listitem>
-<para><ulink url="&patches-root;binutils-&binutils-version;-fix_strip-1.patch"/></para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
 <varlistentry>
 <term>Coreutils Suppress Uptime, Kill, Su Patch - 16 KB:</term>
 <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
index 614db83b6..fa8c23f2e 100644
--- a/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
+++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,7 @@
 <sect2 role="installation">
 <title>Installation of Binutils</title>
 
-<para>The current version of Binutils in use has a bug that causes strip to
-remove necessary information from certain library files.  This patch fixes
-the problem:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../binutils-&binutils-version;-fix_strip-1.patch</userinput></screen>
-
-<para>Create a buil dir:</para>
+<para>Create a build dir:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build
 cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml
index 54f365dc9..9c79ecf2c 100644
--- a/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml
+++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
 <sect2 role="installation">
 <title>Re-installation of Binutils</title>
 
-<para>The current version of Binutils in use has a bug that causes strip to
-remove necessary information from certain library files.  This patch fixes
-the problem:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../binutils-&binutils-version;-fix_strip-1.patch</userinput></screen>
-
 <para>Create a separate build directory again:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build
diff --git a/chapter06/binutils.xml b/chapter06/binutils.xml
index c8749321c..197b51d3b 100644
--- a/chapter06/binutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/binutils.xml
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@
 
 <screen><userinput>expect -c "spawn ls"</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>The current version of Binutils in use has a bug that causes strip to
-remove necessary information from certain library files.  This patch fixes
-the problem:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../binutils-&binutils-version;-fix_strip-1.patch</userinput></screen>
-
 <para>Create the build directory:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index a94d1db1d..116c9b29c 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20041220">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "December 20, 2004">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20041225">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "December 25, 2004">
 <!ENTITY milestone "6.1">
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-root "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 <!ENTITY autoconf-version "2.59">
 <!ENTITY automake-version "1.9.3">
 <!ENTITY bash-version "3.0">
-<!ENTITY binutils-version "2.15.94.0.1">
+<!ENTITY binutils-version "2.15.94.0.2">
 <!ENTITY bison-version "1.875a">
 <!ENTITY bzip2-version "1.0.2">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-version "5.2.1">