1 files changed, 1 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-patches.txt b/docs/manual/customize-patches.txt
index 279d0794fc..a052915dfd 100644
--- a/docs/manual/customize-patches.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/customize-patches.txt
@@ -10,13 +10,7 @@ architecture.
 
 The +BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR+ configuration option can be used to specify
 a space separated list of one or more directories containing package
-patches. By specifying multiple global patch directories, a user could
-implement a layered approach to patches. This could be useful when a
-user has multiple boards that share a common processor architecture.
-It is often the case that a subset of patches for a package need to be
-shared between the different boards a user has. However, each board
-may require specific patches for the package that build on top of the
-common subset of patches.
+patches.
 
 For a specific version +<packageversion>+ of a specific package
 +<packagename>+, patches are applied from +BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR+ as
@@ -63,35 +57,3 @@ are available at an URL. *Note:* +BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH+ specifies kernel
 patches that are applied after patches available in +BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR+,
 as it is done from a post-patch hook of the Linux package.
 
-An example directory structure for where a user has multiple
-directories specified for +BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR+ may look like this:
-
------
-board/
-+-- common-fooarch
-|   +-- patches
-|       +-- linux
-|       |   +-- linux-patch1.patch
-|       |   +-- linux-patch2.patch
-|       +-- uboot
-|       +-- foopkg
-+-- fooarch-board
-    +-- patches
-        +-- linux
-        |   +-- linux-patch3.patch
-        +-- uboot
-        +-- foopkg
------
-
-If the user has the +BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR+ configuration option set as
-follows:
-
------
-BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/common-fooarch/patches board/fooarch-board/patches"
------
-
-Then the patches would applied as follows for the Linux kernel:
-
-. board/common-fooarch/patches/linux/linux-patch1.patch
-. board/common-fooarch/patches/linux/linux-patch2.patch
-. board/fooarch-board/patches/linux/linux-patch3.patch