diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index f9bae0868..db5067115 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
 <listitem><para>May 12th, 2003 [gerard]: Chapter 06 - Basic Network: Added
 $(hostname) to /etc/hosts, without it perl's test doesn't pass.</para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>May 12th, 2003 [winkie]: Chapter 05 - Installing Bzip2:
+Running "make" implies "make check", therefore there is no reason
+whatsoever for us to run it manually.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>May 12th, 2003 [winkie]: Chapter 05 - Installing
 Lfs-Utils: Removed. The only package that checks for mktemp before it is
 installed is GCC, and that's only for gccbug.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter05/bzip2-inst.xml b/chapter05/bzip2-inst.xml
index 7892983ca..a64e259ad 100644
--- a/chapter05/bzip2-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/bzip2-inst.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ environment:</para>
 <para><screen><userinput>make -f Makefile-libbz2_so
 make clean
 make
-make check
 make PREFIX=/stage1 install
 yes | cp bzip2-shared /stage1/bin/bzip2
 ln -s libbz2.so.1.0 libbz2.so