diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 7d2a6a8b07..8b2cce5fdb 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -2847,9 +2847,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     </literallayout>
                     As an example, assume a
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink> top-level
-                    folder named <filename>poky</filename>
-                    and a default <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
-                    at <filename>poky/build</filename>.
+                    folder named <filename>poky</filename> and a default Build
+                    Directory at <filename>poky/build</filename>.
                     In this case, the working directory the build system uses to build
                     the <filename>db</filename> package is the following:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>