diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 35ac8a1cd9..88672fc475 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>October 22nd, 2024</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[Zeckmathederg] - D-Bus - Pass 2: Adjust instructions.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[Zeckmathederg] - FLAC: Fixed whitespace.</para>
         </listitem>
diff --git a/shareddeps/dps/basicx/other/dbus-pass2.xml b/shareddeps/dps/basicx/other/dbus-pass2.xml
index f4086e7b28..480c511600 100644
--- a/shareddeps/dps/basicx/other/dbus-pass2.xml
+++ b/shareddeps/dps/basicx/other/dbus-pass2.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
       <command>configure</command> command shown below):
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr                        \
+<screen><userinput>make distclean                                               &amp;&amp;
+./configure --prefix=/usr                        \
             --sysconfdir=/etc                    \
             --localstatedir=/var                 \
             --runstatedir=/run                   \
@@ -107,13 +108,6 @@ ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so) /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so</useri
 <screen role="root"><userinput>chown -v root:messagebus /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper &amp;&amp;
 chmod -v      4750       /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>
-      If using elogind, create a symlink to the
-      <filename>/var/lib/dbus/machine-id</filename> file:
-    </para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -sfv /var/lib/dbus/machine-id /etc</userinput></screen>
-
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 role="commands">