diff --git a/chapter05/bash-inst.xml b/chapter05/bash-inst.xml
index e1122e5c5..eb6b96e1f 100644
--- a/chapter05/bash-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/bash-inst.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <para>Install Bash by running the following commands:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>./configure --enable-static-link --prefix=$LFS/usr \</userinput>
-<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--bindir=$LFS/bin --with-curses &amp;&amp;</userinput>
+<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--bindir=$LFS/bin &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>make &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>make install &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>cd $LFS/bin &amp;&amp;</userinput>