diff --git a/docs/yap.tex b/docs/yap.tex
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+++ b/docs/yap.tex
@@ -1346,15 +1346,6 @@ Examples:
 @code{a   a12x   '$a'   !   =>  '1 2'}
 @end example
 
-@c From version @code{4.1.8} onwards YAP supports the 8-bit
-@c ISO-latin-1 character set. The following new symbol characters have
-@c been introduced: @code{¡, ¢, £, ¤, ¥, ¦, §, ¨, ©, «, ¬. ­, ®, ¯, °, ±,
-@c ², ´, µ, ¶, ·, ¸, », ¼, ½, ¾, ¿, ÷}. The following new
-@c lower-case-characters have been introduced: @code{ª, ², ³, ¹, º, ß, à,
-@c á, â, ã, ä, å, æ, ç, è, é, ê, ë, ì, í, î, ï, ð, ñ, ò, ó, ô, õ, ö, ø, ù,
-@c ú, û, ü, ý, þ, ÿ, ×}. Last, the following upper-case characters have been
-@c introduced: @code{À, Á, Â, Ã, Ä, Å, Æ, Ç, È, É, Ê, Ë, Ì, Í, Î, Ï, Ð, Ñ,
-@c Ò, Ó, Ô, Õ, Ö, Ø, Ù, Ú, Û, Ü, Ý, Þ}.
 
 Version @code{4.2.0} of YAP removed the previous limit of 256
 characters on an atom. Size of an atom is now only limited by the space