diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.conf b/Documentation/user-manual.conf
index d87294de2f..0148f126dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.conf
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.conf
@@ -9,13 +9,3 @@ tilde=~
 
 [linkgit-inlinemacro]
 <ulink url="{target}.html">{target}{0?({0})}</ulink>
-
-ifdef::backend-docbook[]
-# "unbreak" docbook-xsl v1.68 for manpages. v1.69 works with or without this.
-[listingblock]
-<example><title>{title}</title>
-<literallayout class="monospaced">
-|
-</literallayout>
-{title#}</example>
-endif::backend-docbook[]