diff --git a/chapter04/makedev-patch.xml b/chapter04/makedev-patch.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ef0fa8eab..000000000
--- a/chapter04/makedev-patch.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-MAKEDEV Patch (&makedev-version;) - 0.5 KB:
-<ulink url="&ftp-cvs;/MAKEDEV-&makedev-version;.patch.bz2">
-&ftp-cvs;/MAKEDEV-&makedev-version;.patch.bz2</ulink>
-<ulink url="&http-cvs;/MAKEDEV-&makedev-version;.patch.bz2">
-&http-cvs;/MAKEDEV-&makedev-version;.patch.bz2</ulink>
-
diff --git a/chapter04/packages.xml b/chapter04/packages.xml
index bbc4ab0bb..4c6dd296e 100644
--- a/chapter04/packages.xml
+++ b/chapter04/packages.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 &c3-texinfo;
 &c3-gettext;
 &c3-makedev;
-&c3-makedev-patch;
 &c3-glibc;
 &c3-glibc-threads;
 &c3-manpages;