diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/article.sgml
index a0fb85a69d..3b5bf4602a 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/article.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/article.sgml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
       &tm-attrib.freebsd;
       &tm-attrib.cvsup;
       &tm-attrib.intel;
-      &tm-attrib.xfree86;
       &tm-attrib.general;
     </legalnotice>
 
@@ -716,33 +715,6 @@ applicable.</para>
     <para>For more information about the release build infrastructure,
       please see &man.release.7;.</para>
 
-  </sect2>
-
-  <sect2>
-    <title>Building <application>&xfree86;</application></title>
-
-    <para><application>&xfree86;</application> is an important component for many desktop users.
-      Prior to &os; 4.6-RELEASE, releases used &xfree86;
-      3.<replaceable>X</replaceable> by default.
-      The easiest way to build these versions is to use the
-      <filename>src/release/scripts/X11/build_x.sh</filename> script.
-      This script requires that &xfree86; and Tcl/Tk already be
-      installed on the build host.  After compiling the necessary X
-      servers, the script will package all of the files into tarballs
-      that &man.sysinstall.8; expects to find in the
-      <filename>XF86336</filename> directory of the installation
-      media.</para>
-
-    <para>Beginning with &os; 4.6-RELEASE, &man.sysinstall.8;
-      installs &xfree86; 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable> by default, as a
-      set of <quote>normal</quote> packages.  These can either be the
-      packages generated by the package-building cluster or packages
-      built from an appropriately tagged ports tree.</para>
-
-    <para>Beginning with &os; 5.3-RELEASE, &man.sysinstall.8;
-      installs &xorg; packages instead of &xfree86; packages by
-      default.</para>
-
     <note><para>It is important to remove any site-specific settings
       from <filename>/etc/make.conf</filename>.  For example, it would
       be unwise to distribute binaries that were built on a system
@@ -795,8 +767,7 @@ applicable.</para>
         <command>make
         release</command>. The only changes
         that should be made to the <filename>disc1</filename> directory are the addition of
-        a <filename>tools</filename> directory, <application
-        class="software">&xfree86;</application>, and as many popular
+        a <filename>tools</filename> directory, and as many popular
         third party software packages as will fit on the disc. The
         <filename>tools</filename> directory contains software that allow users to create
         installation floppies from other operating systems. This disc
@@ -814,13 +785,6 @@ applicable.</para>
         <filename>src/usr.sbin/sysinstall</filename>.  Optionally, you may choose 
         to update <filename>sysinstall.8</filename>.</para>
 
-      <para>If an alternate version of &xfree86; is to be provided, then
-        &man.sysinstall.8; must be updated to reflect the new location
-        and installation instructions. The relevant code is contained
-        in <filename>src/usr.sbin/sysinstall</filename>.
-        Specifically, the files <filename>dist.c</filename>,
-        <filename>menus.c</filename>, and
-        <filename>config.c</filename> will need to be updated.</para>
     </sect3>
 
     <sect3>