diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
index c3bf1f117..03e9e2498 100644
--- a/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
+++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
           for a dynamic linker to perform symbol lookup.  On LFS the dynamic
           linker (provided by the Glibc package) will always use the
           GNU-style hash table which is faster to query.  So the classic
-          ELF hash table is completely useless.  This makes the the linker
+          ELF hash table is completely useless.  This makes the linker
           only generate the GNU-style hash table by default, so we can avoid
           wasting time to generate the classic ELF hash table when we build
           the packages, or wasting disk space to store it.</para>