diff --git a/chapter08/glibc.xml b/chapter08/glibc.xml
index c803d0c07..a04bc8ac3 100644
--- a/chapter08/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter08/glibc.xml
@@ -393,7 +393,6 @@ localedef -i it_IT -f ISO-8859-1 it_IT
 localedef -i it_IT -f ISO-8859-15 it_IT@euro
 localedef -i it_IT -f UTF-8 it_IT.UTF-8
 localedef -i ja_JP -f EUC-JP ja_JP
-localedef -i ja_JP -f SHIFT_JIS ja_JP.SJIS 2> /dev/null || true
 localedef -i ja_JP -f UTF-8 ja_JP.UTF-8
 localedef -i nl_NL@euro -f ISO-8859-15 nl_NL@euro
 localedef -i ru_RU -f KOI8-R ru_RU.KOI8-R
@@ -415,15 +414,6 @@ localedef -i zh_TW -f UTF-8 zh_TW.UTF-8</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="locale-full">make localedata/install-locales</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Then use the <command>localedef</command> command to create and
-    install locales not listed in the
-    <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED</filename> file
-    when you need them. For instance, the following two locales are
-    needed for some tests later in this chapter:</para>
-
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput remap="locale-full">localedef -i C -f UTF-8 C.UTF-8
-localedef -i ja_JP -f SHIFT_JIS ja_JP.SJIS 2> /dev/null || true</userinput></screen>
-
     <note><para>Glibc now uses libidn2 when resolving internationalized
     domain names.  This is a run time dependency.  If this capability
     is needed, the instructions for installing libidn2 are in the