diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
index 185f4a0c4..f6b6c6310 100644
--- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
@@ -63,13 +63,6 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term><envar>gl_cv_macro_MB_CUR_MAX_good=y</envar></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>This is needed to work around an issue in the gnulib copy
-          shipped by the package which would break cross compilation.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>