diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ddb790b0b1..f493f4ed3d 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -16,37 +16,3 @@ If it doesn't build for you:
     ./configure --with-libevent-dir=/usr/local
   rather than simply ./configure.
 
-  If you have mysterious autoconf failures while linking openssl,
-  consider setting your LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the openssl lib directory.
-  For example, "setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/athena/lib".
-
-  Lastly, check out
-  https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#DoesntWork
-
-How to do static builds of tor:
-
-Tor supports linking each of the libraries it needs statically. Use the
---enable-static-X ./configure option in conjunction with the --with-X-dir
-option for libevent, zlib, and openssl. For this to work sanely, libevent
-should be built with --disable-shared --enable-static --with-pic, and
-OpenSSL should be built with no-shared no-dso.
-
-If you need to build tor so that system libraries are also statically linked,
-use the --enable-static-tor ./configure option. This won't work on OS X
-unless you build the required crt0.o yourself. It is also incompatible with
-the --enable-gcc-hardening option.
-
-An example of how to build a mostly static tor:
-./configure --enable-static-libevent \
-            --enable-static-openssl  \
-            --enable-static-zlib     \
-            --with-libevent-dir=/tmp/static-tor/libevent-1.4.14b-stable \
-            --with-openssl-dir=/tmp/static-tor/openssl-0.9.8r/ \
-            --with-zlib-dir=/tmp/static-tor/zlib-1.2.5
-
-An example of how to build an entirely static tor:
-./configure --enable-static-tor \
-            --with-libevent-dir=/tmp/static-tor/libevent-1.4.14b-stable \
-            --with-openssl-dir=/tmp/static-tor/openssl-0.9.8r/ \
-            --with-zlib-dir=/tmp/static-tor/zlib-1.2.5
-
diff --git a/changes/doc26588 b/changes/doc26588
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b67bdb035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/doc26588
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  o Documentation:
+    - Remove old instructions from INSTALL document. Closes
+      ticket 26588.