diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index d746efc41..03b889831 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ mirrors via <ulink url="&lfs-root;"/>.</para>
 first a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 
 <itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Upgraded to:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>util-linux-2.12b</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+</listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>Upgraded to:</para>
 <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index b45c8b811..330412303 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -148,13 +148,6 @@ following:</para>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
-<varlistentry>
-<term>Util-Linux Kernel Headers Patch - 3 KB:</term>
-<listitem>
-<para><ulink url="&patches-root;util-linux-&util-linux-version;-kernel_headers-1.patch"/></para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
 </variablelist>
 
 <para>In addition to the above required patches, there exist a number of
diff --git a/chapter06/util-linux.xml b/chapter06/util-linux.xml
index f7d4ff10f..37ca200d9 100644
--- a/chapter06/util-linux.xml
+++ b/chapter06/util-linux.xml
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ mkdir -p /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
 <sect2 role="installation">
 <title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
 
-<para>Util-linux has issues with the Linux 2.6 kernel series - fix these isues
-by applying the following patch:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../util-linux-&util-linux-version;-kernel_headers-1.patch</userinput></screen>
-
 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>./configure</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 5e718f766..86b81a9c0 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20040825">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "August 4, 2004">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20040826">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "August 26, 2004">
 <!ENTITY milestone "6.0">
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-root "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 <!ENTITY tar-version "1.14">
 <!ENTITY tcl-version "8.4.7">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-version "4.7">
-<!ENTITY util-linux-version "2.12a">
+<!ENTITY util-linux-version "2.12b">
 <!ENTITY udev-version "030">
 <!ENTITY vim-version "6.3">
 <!ENTITY zlib-version "1.2.1">