diff --git a/chapter03/packages.xml b/chapter03/packages.xml
index 56b16818a..3a8d55b88 100644
--- a/chapter03/packages.xml
+++ b/chapter03/packages.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
-<term>File (&file-version;) - 356 KB: -- <emphasis>(see Note 1 below)</emphasis></term>
+<term>File (&file-version;) - 356 KB:</term>
 <listitem>
 <para><ulink url="&freshmeat;file/"/></para>
 </listitem>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
-<term>Glibc (&glibc-version;) - 13,101 KB: -- <emphasis>(see Note 2 below)</emphasis></term>
+<term>Glibc (&glibc-version;) - 13,101 KB: -- <emphasis>(see Note 1 below)</emphasis></term>
 <listitem>
 <para><ulink url="&freshmeat;glibc/"/></para>
 </listitem>
@@ -422,13 +422,7 @@
 
 <para>Total size of these packages: 135 MB</para>
 
-<note><para>1) File (&file-version;) may not be available by the time you read
-this. The site administrators of the master download location are known to occasionally
-remove old versions when new ones are released. An alternative download location
-that may have older versions available is <ulink
-url="ftp://gaosu.rave.org/pub/linux/lfs/"/>.</para></note>
-
-<note><para>2) Released packages of Glibc are not new enough for our purposes,
+<note><para>1) Released packages of Glibc are not new enough for our purposes,
 so create a tarball of some known-good CVS with the following commands:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>cvs -z 3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/glibc \