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@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@
 
   <title>What's new since the last release</title>
 
-  <para>In this version of LFS, there has been a major reorganization
-  of the book using techniques that avoid changing the host system
-  and provides a more straight forward build process.</para>
-
   <para>Below is a list of package updates made since the previous
   release of the book.</para>