diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects/c99/index.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects/c99/index.xml
index 788cb78952..1430622ba6 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects/c99/index.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects/c99/index.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 
 <!ENTITY imagebase "&base;/gifs">
 
-<!-- XXX: workaround for SGML expansion. -->
-<!ENTITY nbsp "[nbsp ]">
-
 <!-- Status levels -->
 <!ENTITY status.blank "&nbsp;">
 <!ENTITY status.blocked "<img xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' src='&imagebase;/blocked.png' width='22' height='22' alt='Blocked'/>">