diff --git a/general/sysutils/usbutils.xml b/general/sysutils/usbutils.xml
index 30d68f7504..1aee281c4b 100644
--- a/general/sysutils/usbutils.xml
+++ b/general/sysutils/usbutils.xml
@@ -86,14 +86,7 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
     <para role="recommended">
-<!-- git is required by autogen.sh. If using the tarball on kernel.org,
-     autogen.sh does not need to be run. If using the github source,
-     autogen.sh needs to be run, and git is used to pull the usbhid-dump
-     submodule.
-      <xref linkend="git"/> and -->
-      <xref linkend="wget"/>
-<!-- In the systemd book, a unit/timer is installed to update the
-     usb.ids file automatically. wget is used in the instructions below. -->
+      <xref role="runtime" linkend="hwdata"/> (runtime)
     </para>
 
   </sect2>
@@ -120,14 +113,10 @@ make</userinput></screen>
 <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
-      To install the <filename>usb.ids</filename> data file, using
-      <xref linkend="wget"/>, run, as the
-      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+      For the <filename>usb.ids</filename> data file, install the
+      <xref linkend='hwdata'/> package.
     </para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>install -dm755 /usr/share/hwdata/ &amp;&amp;
-wget http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids -O /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>
       The script <command>lsusb.py</command> displays information in a more
       easily readable form than <command>lsusb</command>. To find the options,
@@ -147,61 +136,6 @@ wget http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids -O /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids</userinput></
 
   </sect2>
 -->
-  <sect2 role="configuration">
-    <title>Configuring USB Utils</title>
-
-    <para revision="sysv">
-      The <filename>usb.ids</filename> data file is constantly being updated.
-      To get a current version of this file, using <xref linkend="wget"/>,
-      periodically run again, as the
-      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
-    </para>
-
-<screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>wget http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids -O /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>
-      You should update the <filename>/usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids</filename> file
-      periodically. <phrase revision="sysv">If you've installed
-      <xref linkend="fcron"/> and completed the section on periodic jobs,
-      execute</phrase><phrase revision="systemd">Execute</phrase> the following       commands, as the  <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
-      to create a <phrase revision="sysv">weekly cron job:</phrase>
-      <phrase revision="systemd">systemd timer to update it weekly on Sundays
-      at 2:30 A.M. (local time):</phrase>
-    </para>
-
-<screen role="nodump" revision="sysv"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/cron.weekly/update-usbids.sh &lt;&lt; "EOF" &amp;&amp;
-<literal>#!/bin/bash
-/usr/bin/wget http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids -O /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids</literal>
-EOF
-chmod 754 /etc/cron.weekly/update-usbids.sh</userinput></screen>
-
-<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>cat &gt; /usr/lib/systemd/system/update-usbids.service &lt;&lt; "EOF" &amp;&amp;
-<literal>[Unit]
-Description=Update usb.ids file
-Documentation=man:lsusb(8)
-DefaultDependencies=no
-After=local-fs.target network-online.target
-Before=shutdown.target
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-RemainAfterExit=yes
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/wget http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids -O /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids</literal>
-EOF
-cat &gt; /usr/lib/systemd/system/update-usbids.timer &lt;&lt; "EOF" &amp;&amp;
-<literal>[Unit]
-Description=Update usb.ids file weekly
-
-[Timer]
-OnCalendar=Sun 03:00:00
-Persistent=true
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=timers.target</literal>
-EOF
-systemctl enable update-usbids.timer</userinput></screen>
-
-  </sect2>
 
   <sect2 role="content">
     <title>Contents</title>