diff --git a/books/bookvol7.pamphlet b/books/bookvol7.pamphlet
index ca3be16..6f2724b 100644
--- a/books/bookvol7.pamphlet
+++ b/books/bookvol7.pamphlet
@@ -20590,9 +20590,6 @@ IN=     ${SRC}/hyper
 HYPER=${MNT}/${SYS}/doc/hypertex
 BMAPS=${HYPER}/bitmaps
 
-# this is where the hyperdoc pages are
-PAGES=${HYPER}/pages
-
 CFLAGS= ${CCF} 
 LDFLAGS= -L${LIB} -lspad ${LDF}
 
@@ -20605,7 +20602,7 @@ HYPER_LIBS=${LIBS} ${LIB}/pixmap.o ${LIB}/spadcolors.o ${LIB}/util.o
 
 all: ${OUTLIB}/spadbuf ${OUTLIB}/ex2ht ${OUTBIN}/htadd ${OUTLIB}/hthits \
      ${OUTLIB}/htsearch ${OUTLIB}/presea ${OUTBIN}/hypertex \
-     ${PAGES}/ht.db ${HYPER}/axbook \
+     ${HYPER}/axbook \
      ${HYPER}/bigbayou.png ${HYPER}/doctitle.png
 	@cp ${IN}/bitmaps/* ${HYPER}/bitmaps
 	@ echo 0 finished ${BOOK}
@@ -20663,19 +20660,6 @@ ${HYPER}/axbook: ${IN}/axbook.tgz
 	@ echo 10 making ${HYPER}/axbook/xhtml from ${IN}/axbook.tgz
 	@( cd ${HYPER} ; tar -zxf ${IN}/axbook.tgz )
 
-${PAGES}/ht.db: ${IN}/pages/*.ht ${IN}/pages/*.pht
-	@echo 11 making ${PAGES} from ${SRC}/pages directory
-	@ mkdir -p ${PAGES}
-	@ mkdir -p ${BMAPS}
-	@ cp -pr ${IN}/pages/*.ht ${PAGES}
-	@ cp -pr ${IN}/pages/*.pht ${PAGES}
-	@ (cd ${PAGES} ; \
-           rm -f ht.db ; \
-           rm -f *~ ; \
-	   htadd *.ht *.pht )
-	@ cp -pr ${IN}/bitmaps ${HYPER}
-	@ cp -pr ${IN}/viewports ${MNT}/${SYS}/doc
-
 @
 \eject
 \begin{thebibliography}{99}
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 49034fa..2c353c7 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+20090715 tpd books/bookvol7 remove ht.db processing
 20080715 gxv books/bookvol7 add scroll wheel handling
 20080715 tpd src/Makefile add bookvol7.1
 20080715 tpd books/bookvol7 move htadd to bookvol7.1