diff --git a/chapter05/texinfo-inst.xml b/chapter05/texinfo-inst.xml
index 84143096b..ca60b0aaf 100644
--- a/chapter05/texinfo-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/texinfo-inst.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 <para>Install Texinfo by running the following commands:</para>
 
-<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../texinfo-&texinfo-version;.patch &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/usr --disable-nls &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>make LDFLAGS=-static &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>