diff --git a/chapters/intro.xml b/chapters/intro.xml
index 8689afac9e..8d5cec3d9a 100644
--- a/chapters/intro.xml
+++ b/chapters/intro.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.26 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.27 $ -->
  <chapter id="introduction">
   <title>Introduction</title>
 
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@
     programming, or a mixture of them. Although not every
     standard OOP feature is realized in the current version
     of PHP, many code libraries and large applications (including the
-    <link linkend="pear">PEAR library</link>) are written only
-    using OOP code.
+    PEAR library) are written only using OOP code.
    </para>
    <para>
     With PHP you are not limited to output HTML. PHP's abilities