diff --git a/xterm/minstall.sh b/xterm/minstall.sh
index b4c5a40..9b62572 100755
--- a/xterm/minstall.sh
+++ b/xterm/minstall.sh
@@ -33,15 +33,10 @@ NEW_FILE=temp$$
 
 MY_MANSECT=$suffix
 
-# "X" is usually in the miscellaneous section, along with "undocumented".
-# Use that to guess an appropriate section.
-X_MANSECT=`man X 2>&1 | tr '\012' '\020' | sed -e 's/^[^0123456789]*\([^) ][^) ]*\).*/\1/'`
-test -z "$X_MANSECT" && X_MANSECT=$suffix
-
 sed	-e 's%__vendorversion__%"X Window System"%' \
 	-e s%__apploaddir__%$APPS_DIR% \
 	-e s%__mansuffix__%$MY_MANSECT%g \
-	-e s%__miscmansuffix__%$X_MANSECT%g \
+	-e s%__miscmansuffix__%$MY_MANSECT%g \
 	$OLD_FILE >$NEW_FILE
 
 echo "$MINSTALL $OLD_FILE $END_FILE"