diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
index 07c878bd23..5b05f1612f 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
@@ -989,12 +989,9 @@ Script done, &hellip;</screen>
 	can then build a new kernel based on your normal kernel	configuration
 	file.</para>
 
-      <para>If you are upgrading to &os; 4.0 or above then the old
-	kernel build procedure (as described in <xref linkend="kernelconfig">)
-	is deprecated.  Instead, you should run these commands
-	<emphasis>after</emphasis> you have <link
-        linkend="make-buildworld">built the world with
-        <maketarget>buildworld</maketarget></link>.</para>
+      <para>On modern versions of FreeBSD it is important to <link
+        linked="make-buildworld">build world</link> before building a
+        new kernel.</para>
 
       <note><para>If you want to build a custom kernel, and already have a configuration
 	file, just use <literal>KERNCONF=<replaceable>MYKERNEL</replaceable></literal>