diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index a29df9bf0..6e762fc7c 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2007-01-31</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Do not set/export INPUTRC anymore, as it is not
+          required after upgrading to NCurses-5.2.  Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1942">#1942</ulink>.  Thanks to Alexander
+          Patrakov for the report and fix.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Include a patch from from the Readline maintainer to
           fix a multibyte-related issue.  Fixes
diff --git a/chapter07/profile.xml b/chapter07/profile.xml
index 5f6483133..4472e36f9 100644
--- a/chapter07/profile.xml
+++ b/chapter07/profile.xml
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@
     </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
 
-  <para>This script also sets the <envar>INPUTRC</envar> environment variable that
-  makes Bash and Readline use the <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> file created
-  earlier.</para>
-
   <para>Replace <replaceable>&lt;ll&gt;</replaceable> below with the two-letter code
   for the desired language (e.g., <quote>en</quote>) and
   <replaceable>&lt;CC&gt;</replaceable> with the two-letter code for the appropriate
@@ -145,7 +141,6 @@ LC_ALL=&lt;locale name&gt; locale int_prefix</userinput></screen>
 <literal># Begin /etc/profile
 
 export LANG=<replaceable>&lt;ll&gt;</replaceable>_<replaceable>&lt;CC&gt;</replaceable>.<replaceable>&lt;charmap&gt;</replaceable><replaceable>&lt;@modifiers&gt;</replaceable>
-export INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
 
 # End /etc/profile</literal>
 EOF</userinput></screen>