diff --git a/multimedia/videoutils/mplayer.xml b/multimedia/videoutils/mplayer.xml
index 8701669372..ceea6bf320 100644
--- a/multimedia/videoutils/mplayer.xml
+++ b/multimedia/videoutils/mplayer.xml
@@ -82,18 +82,6 @@
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
 
-    <para><application>MPlayer</application> developers recommend using current
-    snapshots. The source tarball shown above was created by the BLFS team by
-    downloading an <application>MPlayer</application> snapshot and an
-    <application>ffmpeg</application> snapshot. To form the final tarball, the
-    <application>MPlayer</application> tarball is uncompressed and the
-    directory renamed. Then, the <application>ffmpeg</application> snapshot is
-    uncompressed into this directory, which is in turn compressed into the
-    tar.xz final format. BLFS made no other changes to the existing source
-    files. The <application>ffmpeg</application> snapshot is required, or a git
-    checkout will be requested at configure time. This is not desired, because
-    both should be obtained at the same date.</para>
-
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
     <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
       <title>Skins</title>