Index: BOOK/cross-tools/arm/variables.xml
===================================================================
--- BOOK/cross-tools/arm/variables.xml	(revision 7884e988b6a8b9bab0a998deeb1564d2a20f710e)
+++ BOOK/cross-tools/arm/variables.xml	(revision 9dc5852b598acf269a5e4a64f319825a07953b7a)
@@ -19,12 +19,4 @@
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
   href="../x86/variables.xml"
-  xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='b'])"/>
-
-  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
-  href="../x86/variables.xml"
-  xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='c'])"/>
-
-  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
-  href="../x86/variables.xml"
   xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='d'])"/>
 
@@ -33,6 +25,5 @@
   xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='e'])"/>
 
-<screen os="f"><userinput>echo export CLFS_HOST=\""${CLFS_HOST}\"" &gt;&gt; ~/.bashrc
-echo export CLFS_TARGET=\""${CLFS_TARGET}\"" &gt;&gt; ~/.bashrc</userinput></screen>
+<screen os="f"><userinput>echo export CLFS_TARGET=\""${CLFS_TARGET}\"" &gt;&gt; ~/.bashrc</userinput></screen>
 
   <table os="g">
Index: BOOK/cross-tools/common/binutils.xml
===================================================================
--- BOOK/cross-tools/common/binutils.xml	(revision 7884e988b6a8b9bab0a998deeb1564d2a20f710e)
+++ BOOK/cross-tools/common/binutils.xml	(revision 9dc5852b598acf269a5e4a64f319825a07953b7a)
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@
 
 <screen os="e"><userinput>../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure --prefix=${CLFS}/cross-tools \
-   --host=${CLFS_HOST} --target=${CLFS_TARGET} --with-sysroot=${CLFS} \
-   --disable-nls --enable-shared --disable-multilib</userinput></screen>
+   --target=${CLFS_TARGET} --with-sysroot=${CLFS} --disable-nls \
+   --enable-shared --disable-multilib</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist os="f">
@@ -66,13 +66,4 @@
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry os="f2">
-        <term><parameter>--host=${CLFS_HOST}</parameter></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>When used with --target, this creates a cross-architecture
-          executable that creates files for ${CLFS_TARGET} but runs on
-          ${CLFS_HOST}.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
       <varlistentry os="f3">
         <term><parameter>--target=${CLFS_TARGET}</parameter></term>
@@ -80,5 +71,5 @@
           <para>When used with --host, this creates a cross-architecture
           executable that creates files for ${CLFS_TARGET} but runs on
-          ${CLFS_HOST}.</para>
+          the host system.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
Index: BOOK/cross-tools/common/gcc-final.xml
===================================================================
--- BOOK/cross-tools/common/gcc-final.xml	(revision 7884e988b6a8b9bab0a998deeb1564d2a20f710e)
+++ BOOK/cross-tools/common/gcc-final.xml	(revision 9dc5852b598acf269a5e4a64f319825a07953b7a)
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@
 
 <screen os="ae"><userinput>../gcc-&gcc-version;/configure --prefix=${CLFS}/cross-tools \
-    --host=${CLFS_HOST} --target=${CLFS_TARGET} --disable-multilib \
+    --target=${CLFS_TARGET} --disable-multilib \
     --with-sysroot=${CLFS} --disable-nls --enable-shared \
     --enable-languages=c --enable-__cxa_atexit \
Index: BOOK/cross-tools/common/gcc-static.xml
===================================================================
--- BOOK/cross-tools/common/gcc-static.xml	(revision 7884e988b6a8b9bab0a998deeb1564d2a20f710e)
+++ BOOK/cross-tools/common/gcc-static.xml	(revision 9dc5852b598acf269a5e4a64f319825a07953b7a)
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@
 
 <screen os="ae"><userinput>../gcc-&gcc-version;/configure --prefix=${CLFS}/cross-tools \
-    --host=${CLFS_HOST} --target=${CLFS_TARGET} --disable-multilib \
+    --target=${CLFS_TARGET} --disable-multilib \
     --with-sysroot=${CLFS} --disable-nls --disable-shared \
     --disable-threads --enable-languages=c</userinput></screen>
Index: BOOK/cross-tools/mips/variables.xml
===================================================================
--- BOOK/cross-tools/mips/variables.xml	(revision 7884e988b6a8b9bab0a998deeb1564d2a20f710e)
+++ BOOK/cross-tools/mips/variables.xml	(revision 9dc5852b598acf269a5e4a64f319825a07953b7a)
@@ -19,12 +19,4 @@
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
   href="../x86/variables.xml"
-  xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='b'])"/>
-
-  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
-  href="../x86/variables.xml"
-  xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='c'])"/>
-
-  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
-  href="../x86/variables.xml"
   xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='d'])"/>
 
@@ -40,6 +32,5 @@
   xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='e'])"/>
 
-<screen os="f"><userinput>echo export CLFS_HOST=\""${CLFS_HOST}\"" &gt;&gt; ~/.bashrc
-echo export CLFS_TARGET=\""${CLFS_TARGET}\"" &gt;&gt; ~/.bashrc
+<screen os="f"><userinput>echo export CLFS_TARGET=\""${CLFS_TARGET}\"" &gt;&gt; ~/.bashrc
 echo export CLFS_MIPS_LEVEL=\""${CLFS_MIPS_LEVEL}\"" &gt;&gt; ~/.bashrc</userinput></screen>
 
Index: BOOK/cross-tools/x86/variables.xml
===================================================================
--- BOOK/cross-tools/x86/variables.xml	(revision 7884e988b6a8b9bab0a998deeb1564d2a20f710e)
+++ BOOK/cross-tools/x86/variables.xml	(revision 9dc5852b598acf269a5e4a64f319825a07953b7a)
@@ -15,13 +15,5 @@
   <para os="a">During the building of the cross-compile tools you will need to
   set a few variables that will be dependent on your particular needs.
-  The first variable will be the triplet of the <envar>HOST</envar> machine.
-  You will need to set the <envar>CHOST</envar> triplet to match your
-  particular needs. To set this information you can issue the following
-  command:</para>
-
-<screen os="b"><userinput>export CLFS_HOST="$(echo $MACHTYPE | \
-    sed "s/$(echo $MACHTYPE | cut -d- -f2)/cross/")"</userinput></screen>
-
-  <para os="c">Now you will need to set the target triplet for the target
+  You will need to set the target triplet for the target
   architecture. You can do this by running the same command as above, just
   running it on the target machine. If you can't run the command on the
@@ -31,9 +23,8 @@
 <screen os="d"><userinput>export CLFS_TARGET="{target triplet}"</userinput></screen>
 
-  <para os="e">Now we will add these to <filename>~/.bashrc</filename>, just in
+  <para os="e">Now we will add this to <filename>~/.bashrc</filename>, just in
   case you have to exit and restart building later:</para>
 
-<screen os="f"><userinput>echo export CLFS_HOST=\""${CLFS_HOST}\"" &gt;&gt; ~/.bashrc
-echo export CLFS_TARGET=\""${CLFS_TARGET}\"" &gt;&gt; ~/.bashrc</userinput></screen>
+<screen os="f"><userinput>echo export CLFS_TARGET=\""${CLFS_TARGET}\"" &gt;&gt; ~/.bashrc</userinput></screen>
 
   <table os="g">
Index: BOOK/final-system/common/e2fsprogs.xml
===================================================================
--- BOOK/final-system/common/e2fsprogs.xml	(revision 7884e988b6a8b9bab0a998deeb1564d2a20f710e)
+++ BOOK/final-system/common/e2fsprogs.xml	(revision 9dc5852b598acf269a5e4a64f319825a07953b7a)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <para os="c">Prepare E2fsprogs for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen os="d"><userinput>CC="${CC} ${BUILD} -Os" ../configure --build=${CLFS_HOST} \
-    --host=${CLFS_TARGET} --prefix=/usr --with-root-prefix="" \
-    --with-cc="${CC} ${BUILD} -Os" --with-linker=${LD}</userinput></screen>
+<screen os="d"><userinput>CC="${CC} ${BUILD} -Os" ../configure --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \
+    --prefix=/usr --with-root-prefix="" --with-cc="${CC} ${BUILD} -Os" \
+    --with-linker=${LD}</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist os="e">
Index: BOOK/introduction/common/askforhelp.xml
===================================================================
--- BOOK/introduction/common/askforhelp.xml	(revision 7884e988b6a8b9bab0a998deeb1564d2a20f710e)
+++ BOOK/introduction/common/askforhelp.xml	(revision 9dc5852b598acf269a5e4a64f319825a07953b7a)
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
-        <para>The value of the ${CLFS_HOST}, ${CLFS_TARGET}, and ${BUILD}
+        <para>The value of the ${CLFS_TARGET}, and ${BUILD}
         environment variables.</para>
       </listitem>
