diff --git a/chapter06/bison.xml b/chapter06/bison.xml
index 568b34c9f..bafb23451 100644
--- a/chapter06/bison.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bison.xml
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
 
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Bison</title>
-
+<!-- bison only installs a static library
     <para>Inhibit static library installation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/lib_LIBRARIES =/d' Makefile.in</userinput></screen>    
-
+-->
     <para>Prepare Bison for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/bison-&bison-version;</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml b/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml
index d2980f76a..32a86a251 100644
--- a/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml
+++ b/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml
@@ -43,14 +43,16 @@
 
   <para>Finally, thre were several static libraries that were not supressed earlier
   in the chapter in order to satisfy the regression tests in several packages. These 
-  libraries are from binutils, bzip2, e2fsprogs, flex, libtool, and zlib.  If desired,
+  libraries are from binutils, bzip2, e2fsprogs, <!--flex,--> libtool, and zlib.  If desired,
   remove them now:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>rm /usr/lib/lib{bfd,opcodes}.a
 rm /usr/lib/libbz2.a
 rm /usr/lib/lib{com_err,e2p,ext2fs,ss}.a
-rm /usr/lib/lib{fl,fl_pic}.a
-rm /usr/lib/libltdl.a
+<!--rm /usr/lib/lib{fl,fl_pic}.a
+-->rm /usr/lib/libltdl.a
 rm /usr/lib/libz.a</userinput></screen>
 
+<!-- Flex shared library is broken. Keep static until next flex release. -->
+
 </sect1>