diff --git a/README.Linux b/README.Linux
index 004801767..31aca6592 100644
--- a/README.Linux
+++ b/README.Linux
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
                      Special Notes on Linux
-1) The epics makefiles use GNU make which is the make that comes
-   with Linux.  You need to make a link from make to gnumake and
-   have it in your path.  After you have defined the EPICS environement
-   variable, you can use:
 
-   ln -s /usr/bin/make $EPICS/base/tools/gnumake
+At this point, support for Linux only involves channel access
+clients.  Since Vxworks is not available for Linux, you must
+use other platforms for developing server side code.
 
-2) At this point, support for Linux only involves channel access
-   clients.  Since Vxworks is not available for Linux, you must
-   use other platforms for developing server side code.
-
-3) You MUST start caRepeater by hand before running a client.  
+You MUST start caRepeater by hand before running a client.  
 Prior to running a client, you must run:
 
 caRepeater &
diff --git a/README.solaris b/README.solaris
index af32ef9e4..e59d5cc0f 100644
--- a/README.solaris
+++ b/README.solaris
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-EPICS R3.12.2 Notes for Solaris
+EPICS Notes for Solaris
 	- By Andrew Johnson
 
 updated 12-16-96 by Jeff Hill