diff --git a/chapter06/fileutils-inst.xml b/chapter06/fileutils-inst.xml
index 8c790d242..4766fc44c 100644
--- a/chapter06/fileutils-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/fileutils-inst.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ Install Fileutils by running the following commands:
 </para>
 
 <blockquote><literallayout>
-	<userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../fileutils-4.0.patch
-		&amp;&amp;</userinput>
 	<userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin \</userinput>
 	<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--libexecdir=/bin 
 		&amp;&amp;</userinput>