diff --git a/chapter08/shadow.xml b/chapter08/shadow.xml
index db6cbafd3..4fae11ede 100644
--- a/chapter08/shadow.xml
+++ b/chapter08/shadow.xml
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ find man -name Makefile.in -exec sed -i 's/passwd\.5 / /'   {} \;</userinput></s
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">touch /usr/bin/passwd
 ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc \
+            --disable-static  \
             --with-group-name-max-length=32</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
@@ -254,9 +255,7 @@ useradd -D --gid 999</userinput></screen>
         sg (link to newgrp), su, useradd, userdel, usermod,
         vigr (link to vipw), and vipw</seg>
         <seg>/etc/default</seg>
-        <!-- TODO: the static lib should be disabled by - -disable-static.
-             Keep it for now because of the rc freeze.  -->
-        <seg>libsubid.{a,so}</seg>
+        <seg>libsubid.so</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>