diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.xml
index 322ed51586..d2c401f9a8 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.xml
@@ -4080,19 +4080,6 @@ USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 	  <varname>LIB_DEPENDS</varname></para>
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
-
-    <para>To check whether an SDL library is available, use
-      <varname>WANT_SDL</varname>:</para>
-
-    <programlisting>WANT_SDL=	yes
-
-.include &lt;bsd.port.pre.mk&gt;
-
-.if ${HAVE_SDL:Mmixer}!=""
-USE_SDL+=	mixer
-.endif
-
-.include &lt;bsd.port.post.mk&gt;</programlisting>
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 xml:id="using-wx">