diff --git a/chapter05/bash-exp.xml b/chapter05/bash-exp.xml
index d55fd2839..244e16f95 100644
--- a/chapter05/bash-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter05/bash-exp.xml
@@ -4,16 +4,9 @@
--enable-static-link: This configure
option causes bash to be linked statically.
---prefix=$LFS/usr: This configure option installs
-all of Bash's files under the $LFS/usr directory, which becomes the /usr
-directory when chroot'ed or reboot'ed into LFS.
-
---bindir=$LFS/bin: This installs the executable
-files in $LFS/bin. We do this because we want bash to be in /bin, not in
-/usr/bin. One reason being: the /usr partition might be on a separate
-partition which has to be mounted at some point. Before that partition is
-mounted you need and will want to have bash available (it will be hard to
-execute the boot scripts without a shell for instance).
+--prefix=$LFS/static: This configure option
+installs all of Bash's files under the $LFS/static directory, which becomes
+the /static directory when chroot'ed or reboot'ed into LFS.
--with-curses: This causes bash to be
linked against the curses library instead of the default termcap
@@ -28,12 +21,6 @@ trouble later on in this chapter when you install the Texinfo package.
That package requires ncurses, and termcap can't reliably be used
there.
-ln -sf bash $LFS/bin/sh: This command creates
-the sh symlink that points to bash. Most
-scripts run themselves via 'sh' (invoked by the #!/bin/sh as the first line
-in the scripts) which invokes a special bash mode. Bash will then behave
-(as closely as possible) as the original Bourne shell.
-
The &&'s at the end of every line cause
the next command to be executed only if the previous command exits
with a return value of 0 indicating success. In case all of these