diff --git a/chapter08/libcap.xml b/chapter08/libcap.xml
index d8fc15175..d696a3e3f 100644
--- a/chapter08/libcap.xml
+++ b/chapter08/libcap.xml
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make prefix=/usr lib=lib install</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Adjust the permission of the shared libraries:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/lib{cap,psx}.so.&libcap-version;</userinput></screen>
-
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 id="contents-libcap" role="content">