diff --git a/chapter05/glibc-inst.xml b/chapter05/glibc-inst.xml
index 237904503..d24006e27 100644
--- a/chapter05/glibc-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/glibc-inst.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ them when building Glibc.</para>
 <para>Basically, compiling Glibc in any other way than the book suggests
 is putting your system at a very high risk.</para>
 
-<para>Glibc will check for the <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> file
-and abort with an error if the file is missing, so we must create it:</para>
-
-<para><screen><userinput>touch /stage1/etc/ld.so.conf</userinput></screen></para>
-
 <para>The documentation that comes with Glibc recommends to build the package
 not in the source directory but in a separate, dedicated directory:</para>