diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/smp/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/smp/chapter.sgml
index 3ce6e041f1..60f3be4922 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/smp/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/smp/chapter.sgml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
       </author>
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-    <pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate>
-
     <copyright>
       <year>2002</year>
       <year>2003</year>