diff --git a/chapter02/hostreqs.xml b/chapter02/hostreqs.xml
index 6c74986a0..e3a06df4e 100644
--- a/chapter02/hostreqs.xml
+++ b/chapter02/hostreqs.xml
@@ -228,8 +228,7 @@ ver_check Sed            sed      4.1.5
 ver_check Tar            tar      1.22
 ver_check Texinfo        texi2any 4.7
 ver_check Xz             xz       5.0.0
-#ver_check "Linux Kernel" "" 3.2 'cat /proc/version' 
-ver_kernel 3.2
+ver_kernel &min-kernel;
 
 alias_check() {
    if $1 --version 2>&1 | grep -qi $2