diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 8ba0119d3..1bbf131b0 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
     </listitem>
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2012-11-14</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Binutils-2.23.1.  Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3226">#3226</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2012-11-13</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index a3ceaa244..2d089e845 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Berkeley DB &db-version;</para>
     </listitem> -->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Binutils &binutils-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Bison &bison-version;</para>
     </listitem>
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@
       <para>bash-4.2-fixes-8.patch</para>
     </listitem>
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>binutils-2.22-build_fix-1.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>gcc-4.7.1-startfiles_fix-1.patch</para>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index 8df0518b1..5e3575348 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
-    <varlistentry>
-      <term>Binutils Build Fix Patch - <token>&binutils-build-patch-size;</token>:</term>
-      <listitem>
-        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&binutils-build-patch;"/></para>
-        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&binutils-build-patch-md5;</literal></para>
-      </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
-
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Bzip2 Documentation Patch - <token>&bzip2-docs-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
index 73e7948ac..c52e0255d 100644
--- a/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
+++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@
     linker and assembler to determine which of their own features to
     enable.</para>
 
-    <para>Apply a patch to prevent a build failure when using compiler optimizations:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&binutils-build-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the
     source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml
index 8a68ede3a..ca947482f 100644
--- a/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml
+++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Binutils</title>
 
-    <para>Apply a patch to prevent a build failure when using compiler optimizations:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&binutils-build-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Create a separate build directory again:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir -v ../binutils-build
diff --git a/chapter06/binutils.xml b/chapter06/binutils.xml
index b3f5d7675..44e8e4cba 100644
--- a/chapter06/binutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/binutils.xml
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ Ask your system administrator to create more.</computeroutput></screen>
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">rm -fv etc/standards.info
 sed -i.bak '/^INFO/s/standards.info //' etc/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Apply a patch to prevent a build failure when using compiler optimizations:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&binutils-build-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the
     source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
 
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 1e0a1ad59..4cd98ea94 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20121113">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "November 13, 2012">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20121114">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "November 14, 2012">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2012"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone "7.3">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index a072bbacd..deb58afbe 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
 <!ENTITY bash-ch6-du "45 MB">
 <!ENTITY bash-ch6-sbu "1.7 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY binutils-version "2.22">
-<!ENTITY binutils-size "19,505 KB">
+<!ENTITY binutils-version "2.23.1">
+<!ENTITY binutils-size "20,953 KB">
 <!ENTITY binutils-url "&gnu;binutils/binutils-&binutils-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY binutils-md5 "ee0f10756c84979622b992a4a61ea3f5">
+<!ENTITY binutils-md5 "33adb18c3048d057ac58d07a3f1adb38">
 <!ENTITY binutils-home "http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/">
 <!ENTITY binutils-ch5p1-du "391 MB">
 <!ENTITY binutils-ch5p1-sbu "1 SBU">
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index da89ff1bd..89caa2fd3 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@
 <!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch-size "54 KB">
 
 
-<!ENTITY binutils-build-patch "binutils-&binutils-version;-build_fix-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY binutils-build-patch-md5 "ddc5a9a170ed6ba23b8eb7d808e609ee">
-<!ENTITY binutils-build-patch-size "1.4 KB">
-
-
 <!ENTITY bzip2-docs-patch "bzip2-&bzip2-version;-install_docs-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY bzip2-docs-patch-md5 "6a5ac7e89b791aae556de0f745916f7f">
 <!ENTITY bzip2-docs-patch-size "1.6 KB">