diff --git a/chapter08/systemd.xml b/chapter08/systemd.xml
index e99167d07..c71616725 100644
--- a/chapter08/systemd.xml
+++ b/chapter08/systemd.xml
@@ -40,19 +40,6 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of systemd</title>
 
-    <para>
-      Remove several inappropriate uses of the <literal>pure</literal>
-      attribute that cause runtime issues when the package is built
-      with gcc-13 or later:
-    </para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap='pre'>sed '/bus_message_type_from_string/s/_pure_//' \
-    -i src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-internal.h    &amp;&amp;
-sed '/devt_hash_func/s/_pure_//'               \
-    -i src/basic/hash-funcs.h                  &amp;&amp;
-sed '/job_get_timeout/s/_pure_//'              \
-    -i src/core/job.h</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Remove two unneeded groups,
     <systemitem class="groupname">render</systemitem> and
     <systemitem class="groupname">sgx</systemitem>, from the default udev