diff --git a/chapter05/bison.xml b/chapter05/bison.xml
index e6ed2a7f8..3ed86713a 100644
--- a/chapter05/bison.xml
+++ b/chapter05/bison.xml
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
     <para>Prepare Bison for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr                     \
-            --build=$(build-aux/config.guess) \
-            --host=$LFS_TGT                   \
             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/bison-&bison-version;</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$LFS install</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter05/chapter05.xml b/chapter05/chapter05.xml
index 771ba53cc..e12bba837 100644
--- a/chapter05/chapter05.xml
+++ b/chapter05/chapter05.xml
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="m4.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="ncurses.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="bash.xml"/>
-  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="bison.xml"/>
-  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="flex.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="bzip2.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="coreutils.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="diffutils.xml"/>
@@ -46,6 +44,8 @@
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="creatingdirs.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="createfiles.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libstdc++-pass2.xml"/>
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="bison.xml"/>
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="flex.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="gettext.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="perl.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="python.xml"/>
diff --git a/chapter05/flex.xml b/chapter05/flex.xml
index 5761e82e5..88e263413 100644
--- a/chapter05/flex.xml
+++ b/chapter05/flex.xml
@@ -46,36 +46,34 @@
     <para>Prepare Flex for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr                     \
-            --host=$LFS_TGT                   \
-            --build=$(build-aux/config.guess) \
-            --disable-bootstrap               \
             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/flex-&flex-version;</userinput></screen>
 
+    <!--
     <variablelist>
       <title>The meaning of the new configure option:</title>
 
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><parameter>--disable-bootstrap</parameter></term>
+        <term><parameter>- -disable-bootstrap</parameter></term>
 	<listitem>
           <para>Normally, building flex is done in two stages. A first
 	  programs, which is used to generate the source of a second one,
 	  which is then compiled. When using cross-compilation, the first
-	  program is generated on the build systemd. However, due to a bug
-	  in configure, the presence of some funciton is tested only on the
+	  program is generated on the build system. However, due to a bug
+	  in configure, the presence of some function is tested only on the
 	  host system. If this function is not found on the build system, the
 	  build fails. This can be prevented by disabling the two stage
 	  build.</para>
 	</listitem>
       </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
-
+    -->
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$LFS install</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>