diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mac/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mac/chapter.sgml
index 4f6fa68844..7bfea11f2d 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mac/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mac/chapter.sgml
@@ -1080,10 +1080,7 @@ test: biba/high</screen>
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 	<para><literal>security.mac.portacl.enabled</literal> will
-	  enable/disable the policy completely.<footnote><para>Due to
-	  a bug the <literal>security.mac.portacl.enabled</literal>
-	  <command>sysctl</command> variable will not work on
-	  &os;&nbsp;5.2.1 or previous releases.</para></footnote></para>
+	  enable/disable the policy completely.</para>
       </listitem>
 
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