diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 8a8892405..300e2eea1 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2009-07-23</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Remove an unnecessary sed from Kbd's commands.
+          Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2454">#2454</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Prevent E2fsprogs from installing the fsck wrapper
           as this is provided by Util-Linux-NG. Fixes
diff --git a/chapter06/kbd.xml b/chapter06/kbd.xml
index 1da18f61a..3b5360f46 100644
--- a/chapter06/kbd.xml
+++ b/chapter06/kbd.xml
@@ -49,17 +49,6 @@
     <para>After patching, the Backspace key generates the character with code 127,
     and the Delete key generates a well-known escape sequence.</para>
 
-    <para>In this version of Kbd the instructions to build
-    <filename>getkeycodes</filename>, <filename>setkeycodes</filename> and
-    <filename>resizecons</filename> do not get passed over to the generated
-    <filename>Makefile</filename> as they should. So that these programs
-    are built and installed add two lines to the top of
-    <filename>src/Makefile.in</filename>:
-    </para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e '1i KEYCODES_PROGS = @KEYCODES_PROGS@' \
-    -e '1i RESIZECONS_PROGS = @RESIZECONS_PROGS@' src/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Prepare Kbd for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --datadir=/lib/kbd</userinput></screen>