diff --git a/chapter05/fileutils-inst.xml b/chapter05/fileutils-inst.xml
index 8bddc3cad..e14285b46 100644
--- a/chapter05/fileutils-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/fileutils-inst.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ Install Fileutils by running the following commands:
 </para>
 
 <blockquote><literallayout>
-	<userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../fileutils-&fileutils-version;.patch
-		&amp;&amp;</userinput>
 	<userinput>./configure --disable-nls \</userinput>
 	<userinput>--prefix=$LFS/usr --libexecdir=$LFS/bin 
 		--bindir=$LFS/bin &amp;&amp;</userinput>