diff --git a/chapter02/hostreqs.xml b/chapter02/hostreqs.xml
index 6fe087d9e..0ba38e1db 100644
--- a/chapter02/hostreqs.xml
+++ b/chapter02/hostreqs.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@
   <para >To see whether your host system has all the appropriate versions, and
   the ability to compile programs, run the following:</para>
 
-<!-- ANY additional lines in the script cause a pdf rendering problem-->
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat &gt; version-check.sh &lt;&lt; "EOF"
 <literal>#!/bin/bash
 # Simple script to list version numbers of critical development tools
@@ -208,7 +207,7 @@ sed --version | head -n1
 tar --version | head -n1
 makeinfo --version | head -n1  # texinfo version
 xz --version | head -n1
-<?hard-pagebreak?>
+
 echo 'int main(){}' &gt; dummy.c &amp;&amp; g++ -o dummy dummy.c
 if [ -x dummy ]
   then echo "g++ compilation OK";