diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 1e4f25d918..6aabdf4877 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -5900,16 +5900,6 @@ Gateways via their Web Interfaces</ulink>"</emphasis>
      DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " ptest"
      EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES += "ptest-pkgs"
                     </literallayout>
-                    <note>
-                        The OpenEmbedded build system uses the
-                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PTEST_ENABLED'><filename>PTEST_ENABLED</filename></ulink>
-                        variable to see if it should enable ptests during
-                        a build.
-                        This variable is enabled or disabled through your use
-                        of the <filename>DISTRO_FEATURES</filename> variable.
-                        You do not set <filename>PTEST_ENABLED</filename>
-                        directly.
-                    </note>
                     Once your build is complete, the ptest files are installed
                     into the <filename>/usr/lib/&lt;package&gt;/ptest</filename>
                     directory within the image, where