diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 2ebc622fe..80c6df7fe 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2009-11-21</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] Remove unneccessary .install and ..install.cmd
+          files that were being installed by the Linux headers.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] Upgraded to Coreutils-8.1. Fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2518">#2518</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/linux-headers.xml b/chapter06/linux-headers.xml
index d77cc7c4d..51f2e4eba 100644
--- a/chapter06/linux-headers.xml
+++ b/chapter06/linux-headers.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make headers_check
 make INSTALL_HDR_PATH=dest headers_install
-cp -rv dest/include/* /usr/include</userinput></screen>
+cp -rv dest/include/* /usr/include
+find /usr/include -name .install -o -name ..install.cmd -delete</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>