diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml
index 50b76f0d59..14b8dc58c4 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml
@@ -1832,19 +1832,6 @@ AT&amp;B2&amp;W</programlisting>
       <para>Also, the dial timeout for <command>tip</command> is 60 seconds.
 	Your modem should use something less, or else tip will think there is
 	a communication problem.  Try <command>ATS7=45&amp;W</command>.</para>
-
-      <note>
-	<para>As shipped, <command>tip</command> does not yet support
-	  Hayes modems fully.  The solution is to edit the file
-	  <filename>tipconf.h</filename> in the directory
-	  <filename>/usr/src/usr.bin/tip/tip</filename>. Obviously you need the
-	  source distribution to do this.</para>
-
-	<para>Edit the line <literal>#define HAYES 0</literal> to
-	  <literal>#define HAYES 1</literal>.  Then <command>make</command> and
-	  <command>make install</command>.  Everything works nicely after
-	  that.</para>
-      </note>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2 id="direct-at">