diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index f4568b7b5..e81983154 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
 </itemizedlist>
 </para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>December 3rd, 2002 [gerard]: Chapter 06 - Bzip2: Removed
+unnecesary lines that first create a symlink, then remove it
+again.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>December 3rd, 2002 [gerard]: Appendix A - Bzip2: Updated
 the download URL.</para></listitem>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml b/chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml
index ecbfee7fe..1d275177d 100644
--- a/chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
 make &amp;&amp;
 make install &amp;&amp;
 cp bzip2-shared /bin/bzip2 &amp;&amp;
-ln -s libbz2.so.1.0 libbz2.so &amp;&amp;
 cp -a libbz2.so* /lib &amp;&amp;
-rm /lib/libbz2.so &amp;&amp;
 ln -s ../../lib/libbz2.so.1.0 /usr/lib/libbz2.so &amp;&amp;
 rm /usr/bin/{bunzip2,bzcat,bzip2} &amp;&amp;
 mv /usr/bin/{bzip2recover,bzless,bzmore} /bin &amp;&amp;