diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 6fa850d4ed..cc7bbdbcc4 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
                 </note>
                 For example, when you set up the Source Directory structure,
                 you will see several layers:
-                <filename>meta</filename>, <filename>meta-hob</filename>,
+                <filename>meta</filename>,
                 <filename>meta-skeleton</filename>,
                 <filename>meta-yocto</filename>, and
                 <filename>meta-yocto-bsp</filename>.
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
index 1f1c60b46e..56927cd9f5 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
@@ -145,18 +145,6 @@
         </para>
     </section>
 
-    <section id='structure-meta-hob'>
-        <title><filename>meta-hob/</filename></title>
-
-        <para>
-            This directory contains template recipes used by Hob,
-            which is a Yocto Project build user interface.
-            For more information on the Hob, see the
-            <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;/tools-resources/projects/hob'>Hob Project</ulink>
-            web page.
-        </para>
-    </section>
-
     <section id='structure-meta-selftest'>
         <title><filename>meta-selftest/</filename></title>