diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
index e98645d82..af75e60cf 100644
--- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
     <para>Prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr                     \
-            --libexecdir=/usr/lib             \
             --host=$LFS_TGT                   \
             --build=$(build-aux/config.guess) \
             --enable-install-program=hostname \
diff --git a/chapter08/coreutils.xml b/chapter08/coreutils.xml
index c3c62bf89..c5d2a5032 100644
--- a/chapter08/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter08/coreutils.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">autoreconf -fiv
 FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 ./configure \
             --prefix=/usr            \
-            --libexecdir=/usr/lib    \
             --enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>