3 files changed, 2 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml
index b52e450309f4..39e3e9cff2e3 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml
@@ -283,28 +283,6 @@ $ mount -o bind /mnt/otherdisk/nix /nix</screen>
 </varlistentry>
 
 
-<varlistentry xml:id="envar-other-stores"><term><envar>NIX_OTHER_STORES</envar></term>
-
-  <listitem><para>This variable contains the paths of remote Nix
-  installations from which packages can be copied, separated by colons.
-  <phrase condition="manual">See <xref linkend="sec-sharing-packages"
-  /> for details.</phrase>  Each path should be the
-  <filename>/nix</filename> directory of a remote Nix installation
-  (i.e., not the <filename>/nix/store</filename> directory).  The
-  paths are subject to globbing, so you can set it so something like
-  <literal>/var/run/nix/remote-stores/*/nix</literal> and mount
-  multiple remote filesystems in
-  <literal>/var/run/nix/remote-stores</literal>.</para>
-
-  <para>Note that if you’re building through the <link
-  linkend="sec-nix-daemon">Nix daemon</link>, the only setting for
-  this variable that matters is the one that the
-  <command>nix-daemon</command> process uses.  So if you want to
-  change it, you have to restart the daemon.</para></listitem>
-
-</varlistentry>
-
-
 <varlistentry><term><envar>NIX_SHOW_STATS</envar></term>
 
   <listitem><para>If set to <literal>1</literal>, Nix will print some
diff --git a/doc/manual/manual.xml b/doc/manual/manual.xml
index 513eb311cd96..2fdb8435f6cc 100644
--- a/doc/manual/manual.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/manual.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       <holder>Eelco Dolstra</holder>
     </copyright>
 
-    <date>April 2014</date>
+    <date>September 2014</date>
 
   </info>
 
diff --git a/doc/manual/packages/sharing-packages.xml b/doc/manual/packages/sharing-packages.xml
index 573b7c1e77a6..8fab15f7ef2d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/packages/sharing-packages.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/packages/sharing-packages.xml
@@ -53,30 +53,5 @@ But note that <command>nix-copy-closure</command> is generally more
 efficient in this example because it only copies paths that are not
 already present in the target Nix store.</para>
 
-<para>Finally, if you can mount the Nix store of a remote machine in
-your local filesystem, Nix can copy paths from the remote Nix store to
-the local Nix store <emphasis>on demand</emphasis>.  For instance,
-suppose that you mount a remote machine containing a Nix store via
-<command
-xlink:href="http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html">sshfs</command>:
 
-<screen>
-$ sshfs alice@itchy.example.org:/ /mnt</screen>
-
-You should then set the <envar>NIX_OTHER_STORES</envar> environment
-variable to tell Nix about this remote Nix store:
-
-<screen>
-$ export NIX_OTHER_STORES=/mnt/nix</screen>
-
-Then if you do any Nix operation, e.g.
-
-<screen>
-$ nix-env -i firefox</screen>
-
-and Nix has to build a path that it sees is already present in
-<filename>/mnt/nix</filename>, then it will just copy from there
-instead of building it from source.</para>
-
-
-</chapter>
\ No newline at end of file
+</chapter>