diff --git a/prologue/why.xml b/prologue/why.xml
index 66bcbb5e9..2553ac6a1 100644
--- a/prologue/why.xml
+++ b/prologue/why.xml
@@ -516,14 +516,6 @@
         procedures of many LFS packages.</para>
       </listitem>
 
-      <listitem>
-        <para>Udev</para>
-
-        <para>This package contains programs for dynamic creation of
-        device nodes.  It is an alternative to creating thousands of
-        static devices in the /dev directory.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
       <listitem>
         <para>Util-linux</para>