diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 81a47ff4a1..ae11860320 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -2983,29 +2983,11 @@
 
             <para>
                 To eliminate all the packaging requirements for an image,
-                follow these steps:
-                <orderedlist>
-                    <listitem><para>Put the following line in your main
-                        recipe for the image to remove package management
-                        data files:
-                        <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "remove_packaging_data_files ;
-                        </literallayout>
-                        For example, the recipe for the
-                        <filename>core-image-minimal</filename> image contains
-                        this line.
-                        You can also add the line to the
-                        <filename>local.conf</filename> configuration file.
-                        </para></listitem>
-                    <listitem><para>Be sure that "package-management" is not
-                        part of your
-                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-IMAGE_FEATURES'><filename>IMAGE_FEATURES</filename></ulink>
-                        statement for the image.
-                        When you remove this feature, you are removing the
-                        package manager as well as its dependencies
-                        from the root filesystem.
-                        </para></listitem>
-                </orderedlist>
+                be sure that "package-management" is not part of your
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-IMAGE_FEATURES'><filename>IMAGE_FEATURES</filename></ulink>
+                statement for the image.
+                When you remove this feature, you are removing the package
+                manager as well as its dependencies from the root filesystem.
             </para>
         </section>