diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index 2af856c148..3f840adda4 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -4261,11 +4261,6 @@ PLIST_SUB=      OCTAVE_VERSION=${OCTAVE_VERSION}</programlisting>
 		<entry><literal>${PKGDIR}/pkg-deinstall</literal></entry>
 	      </row>
 
-	      <row>
-		<entry><makevar>PKGDEINSTALL</makevar></entry>
-		<entry><literal>${PKGDIR}/pkg-deinstall</literal></entry>
-	      </row>
-
 	      <row>
 		<entry><makevar>PKGREQ</makevar></entry>
 		<entry><literal>${PKGDIR}/pkg-req</literal></entry>