diff --git a/LDP/retired/GNU-Build-System-HOWTO/GNU-Build-System-HOWTO.xml b/LDP/retired/GNU-Build-System-HOWTO/GNU-Build-System-HOWTO.xml
index 97563f5f..38173901 100644
--- a/LDP/retired/GNU-Build-System-HOWTO/GNU-Build-System-HOWTO.xml
+++ b/LDP/retired/GNU-Build-System-HOWTO/GNU-Build-System-HOWTO.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ $Id$
     <para>
 
       This HOWTO aims to help beginning developers to leverage the power
-      the the GNU Build System (GBS).  The GBS is composed of well-known
+      the GNU Build System (GBS).  The GBS is composed of well-known
       tools such as &make; and of less-used utilities such as
       &autoconf;, &automake; or &libtool;.  The primary goal of the
       HOWTO is to ring developers up to speed with each of these tools,
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ $Id$
       for first time users of the <emphasis>autotools</emphasis>. It is
       intended to be an introductory guide, to help with GNU &make;,
       &autoconf;, &automake; &libtool; etc.  It also tries to provide an
-      explanation as to to how these tools work.  To be able to follow
+      explanation as to how these tools work.  To be able to follow
       the explanations given in here, the reader is expected to be
       familiar with Unix like operating systems and the basics of
       programming.