diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index fdd72e19a..ff8a69d54 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
     </listitem>
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>March 3, 2006</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[gereard] - Remove -D_GNU_SOURCE from chapter 5 - Patch. Thanks
+          to Dan Nicholson for the patch.</para>
+        </listitem>
+     </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>Febraury 27, 2006</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter05/patch.xml b/chapter05/patch.xml
index 47cec290a..f402f0808 100644
--- a/chapter05/patch.xml
+++ b/chapter05/patch.xml
@@ -43,11 +43,7 @@
 
     <para>Prepare Patch for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>CPPFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE ./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>The preprocessor flag <parameter>-D_GNU_SOURCE</parameter> is
-    only needed on the PowerPC platform. It can be left out on other
-    architectures.</para>
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>