diff --git a/chapter08/bison.xml b/chapter08/bison.xml
index f466c76eb..a680a7b7e 100644
--- a/chapter08/bison.xml
+++ b/chapter08/bison.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>To test the results (about 5.5 SBU), issue:</para>
+    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/flex.xml b/chapter08/flex.xml
index ff90f0a1a..7e44e38e9 100644
--- a/chapter08/flex.xml
+++ b/chapter08/flex.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>To test the results (about 0.5 SBU), issue:</para>
+    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/gettext.xml b/chapter08/gettext.xml
index c0829253a..b0b4c89e9 100644
--- a/chapter08/gettext.xml
+++ b/chapter08/gettext.xml
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@
 
     </variablelist>
 -->
-    <para>To test the results (this takes a long time, around 3 SBUs),
-    issue:</para>
+    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/libtool.xml b/chapter08/libtool.xml
index be88fa169..872495afd 100644
--- a/chapter08/libtool.xml
+++ b/chapter08/libtool.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>To test the results<!--(about 11.0 SBU)-->, issue:</para>
+<para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/perl.xml b/chapter08/perl.xml
index 0d2937e05..b678f7f9d 100644
--- a/chapter08/perl.xml
+++ b/chapter08/perl.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export BUILD_BZIP2=0</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>To test the results (approximately 11 SBU), issue:</para>
+    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">TEST_JOBS=$(nproc) make test_harness</userinput></screen>