diff --git a/reference/mysqlnd/config.xml b/reference/mysqlnd/config.xml
index 43d51af5a8..7d95af5e79 100644
--- a/reference/mysqlnd/config.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqlnd/config.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!-- $Revision$ -->
 <chapter xml:id="mysqlnd.config" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
- <section>
 
   &reftitle.runtime;
   &extension.runtime;
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@
    </variablelist>
   </para>
 
- </section>
 </chapter>
 <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
 Local variables: