diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml
index a8834cc19..6b78031bc 100644
--- a/chapter05/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml
@@ -64,11 +64,6 @@ esac</userinput></screen>
       </para>
     </note>
 
-    <para>Fix an issue building Glibc with parallel jobs and make-4.4
-    or later:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed '/MAKEFLAGS :=/s/)r/) -r/' -i Makerules</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Some of the Glibc programs use the non-FHS-compliant
     <filename class="directory">/var/db</filename> directory to store their
     runtime data. Apply the following patch to make such programs store their
diff --git a/chapter08/glibc.xml b/chapter08/glibc.xml
index 340eb0861..538c827ab 100644
--- a/chapter08/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter08/glibc.xml
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Glibc</title>
 
-    <para>First, fix an issue building Glibc with parallel jobs and Make-4.4
-    or later:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed '/MAKEFLAGS :=/s/)r/) -r/' -i Makerules</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Some of the Glibc programs use the non-FHS compliant
     <filename class="directory">/var/db</filename> directory to store
     their runtime data. Apply the following patch to make such programs