diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index f8ddbde1c9..47ccb20f5b 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -1235,16 +1235,13 @@
                 and <filename>cxpm</filename> binaries in separate packages.
                 Since <filename>bindir</filename> would be packaged into the main
                 <filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PN'>PN</ulink></filename>
-                package by default, we prepend the
-                <filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGES'>PACKAGES</ulink>
-                </filename> variable so additional package names are added to the start of list.
-                This results in the extra
-                <filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-FILES'>FILES</ulink>_*</filename>
+                package by default, we prepend the <filename>PACKAGES</filename>
+                variable so additional package names are added to the start of list.
+                This results in the extra <filename>FILES_*</filename>
                 variables then containing information that define which files and
                 directories go into which packages.
                 Files included by earlier packages are skipped by latter packages.
-                Thus, the main
-                <filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PN'>PN</ulink></filename> package
+                Thus, the main <filename>PN</filename> package
                 does not include the above listed files.
             </para>
         </section>