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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 4eca15c274..3e715ff699 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -10269,30 +10269,6 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
 
-        <glossentry id='var-REMOVE_PKG_SUPPORT'><glossterm>REMOVE_PKG_SUPPORT</glossterm>
-            <info>
-                REMOVE_PKG_SUPPORT[doc] = "Allows for removal of supporting packages for images that do not contain a package manager."
-            </info>
-            <glossdef>
-                <para role="glossdeffirst">
-<!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
-                    For images not containing a package manager,
-                    <filename>REMOVE_PKG_SUPPORT</filename> allows the removal
-                    of supporting packages.
-                    Packages that will be uninstalled include:
-                    <filename>update-rc.d</filename>,
-                    <filename>base-passwd</filename>,
-                    <filename>shadow</filename>,
-                    <filename>run-postinsts</filename>, and
-                    <filename>update-alternatives</filename>.
-                </para>
-
-                <para>
-                    Set the variable to "1" to remove these packages.
-                </para>
-            </glossdef>
-        </glossentry>
-
         <glossentry id='var-REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES'><glossterm>REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES</glossterm>
             <info>
                 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES[doc] = "When a recipe inherits the distro_features_check class, this variable identifies distribution features that must exist in the current configuration in order for the OpenEmbedded build system to build the recipe."