diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml b/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
index 1db5cd1e6..f84e20a34 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ where they're expected to reside:</para>
 towards non-existing files. Recreate those symlinks:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so
-ln -s libncurses.a /usr/lib/libcurses.a
-ln -s libncurses.so /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen></para>
+ln -sf libncurses.so /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen></para>
 </sect2>