diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index fa298541e..2e8301a93 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ First a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>September 17, 2005 [matt]: Upgrade to udev-070 and remove the
+unnecessary &quot;udevdir=/dev&quot; parameter.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>September 17, 2005 [matt]: Added patch for coreutils to improve
 echo's POSIX and bash compatibility and to recognise &quot;\xhh&quot; syntax as
 required by the test suite in udev-069 and later.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/udev.xml b/chapter06/udev.xml
index bdd6c9aee..d1e7d8291 100644
--- a/chapter06/udev.xml
+++ b/chapter06/udev.xml
@@ -32,22 +32,14 @@
 
 <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>make udevdir=/dev</userinput></screen>
-
-<variablelist>
-<varlistentry>
-<term><parameter>udevdir=/dev</parameter></term>
-<listitem><para>This tells <command>udev</command> in which directory
-devices nodes are to be created.</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
+<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>To test the results, issue:
 <userinput>make test</userinput>.</para>
 
 <para>Install the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>make udevdir=/dev install</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Udev's configuration is far from ideal by default, so install
 the configuration files here:</para>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index da0cc2389..f01194c86 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 <!ENTITY tar-version "1.15.1">
 <!ENTITY tcl-version "8.4.11">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-version "4.8">
-<!ENTITY udev-version "068">
+<!ENTITY udev-version "070">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-version "2.12q">
 <!ENTITY vim-version "6.3">
 <!ENTITY zlib-version "1.2.3">