diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 7c51d24a4..e9be46e6c 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 <listitem><para>June 17, 2004 [matt]: Clarify that a gcc-3.x compiled
 2.6.x kernel is required on the host.</para></listitem>
 
-<listitem><para>June 16, 2004 [winkie]: Use <command>chmod</command> to fix the
-permissions of various executable scripts when doing inline stream editing.
-</para></listitem>
-
 <listitem><para>June 16, 2004 [winkie]: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.7 and dropped the
 FPU patch.</para></listitem>
 
diff --git a/chapter05/util-linux.xml b/chapter05/util-linux.xml
index 0c5624d0d..7561ddd84 100644
--- a/chapter05/util-linux.xml
+++ b/chapter05/util-linux.xml
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ by applying the following patch:</para>
 from the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory.  This is fixed by altering the configure
 script:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>sed -i 's@/usr/include@/tools/include@g' configure
-chmod 755 configure</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>sed -i 's@/usr/include@/tools/include@g' configure</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
index 7437cd451..984981273 100644
--- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ user:</para>
 
 <para>When you're done testing, remove the dummy user and groups:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>sed -i '/dummy/d' /etc/passwd /etc/group
-chmod 644 /etc/passwd /etc/group</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>sed -i '/dummy/d' /etc/passwd /etc/group</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Install the package:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/man.xml b/chapter06/man.xml
index 5050a6c52..54f7174a6 100644
--- a/chapter06/man.xml
+++ b/chapter06/man.xml
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ width instead of being limited to 80 characters:</para>
 switch to the <emphasis>PAGER</emphasis> variable so that escape sequences are
 properly handled by Less:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>sed -i 's@-is@&amp;R@g' configure
-chmod 755 configure</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>sed -i 's@-is@&amp;R@g' configure</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>The third is also a sed substitution to comment out the <quote>MANPATH
 /usr/man</quote> line in the <filename>man.conf</filename> file to prevent
diff --git a/chapter06/shadow.xml b/chapter06/shadow.xml
index f3adc61f8..1ce985807 100644
--- a/chapter06/shadow.xml
+++ b/chapter06/shadow.xml
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ and type it all in):</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>cp etc/login.defs.linux /etc/login.defs
 sed -i -e 's@#MD5_CRYPT_ENAB.no@MD5_CRYPT_ENAB yes@' \
-    -e 's@/var/spool/mail@/var/mail@' /etc/login.defs
-chmod 644 /etc/login.defs</userinput></screen>
+    -e 's@/var/spool/mail@/var/mail@' /etc/login.defs</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Move some misplaced symlinks/programs to their proper locations:</para>