diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index a130bfe04..bf2d8635b 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@
     </listitem>
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2013-02-26</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Remove the obsolete resizecons program from kbd, again.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2013-02-24</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter06/kbd.xml b/chapter06/kbd.xml
index 97adb6899..b184f65a9 100644
--- a/chapter06/kbd.xml
+++ b/chapter06/kbd.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e '326 s/if/while/' src/loadkeys.analyze.l</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>Remove the redundant <command>resizecons</command> program (it requires
+    the defunct svgalib to provide the video mode files - for normal use
+    <command>setfont</command> sizes the console appropriately) together with its
+    manpage.</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/\(RESIZECONS_PROGS=\)yes/\1no/g' configure &amp;&amp;
+sed -i 's/resizecons.8 //' man/man8/Makefile.in &amp;&amp;</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Prepare Kbd for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --datadir=/lib/kbd \
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 171221b1a..f9cc1bdb7 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!ENTITY version "SVN-2013024">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "February 24, 2013">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "February 26, 2013">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2013"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone "7.3">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->