7 files changed, 5 insertions, 60 deletions
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man1/at.1 b/usr/src/man/man1/at.1
index 088d3d5ab7..0eeb6a2a0e 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man1/at.1
+++ b/usr/src/man/man1/at.1
@@ -148,12 +148,7 @@ If the \fB-c\fR, \fB-k\fR, or \fB-s\fR options are not specified, the
 \fBSHELL\fR environment variable by default determines which shell to use.
 .sp
 .LP
-For \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/at\fR and \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/batch\fR, if \fBSHELL\fR is
-unset or \fBNULL\fR, \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/sh\fR is used.
-.sp
-.LP
-For \fBusr/bin/at\fR and \fB/usr/bin/batch\fR, if \fBSHELL\fR is unset or
-\fBNULL\fR, \fB/bin/sh\fR is used.
+If \fBSHELL\fR is unset or \fBNULL\fR, \fB/usr/bin/sh\fR is used.
 .sp
 .LP
 The following options are supported:
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man1/ed.1 b/usr/src/man/man1/ed.1
index 6217a7cd4b..cb22999587 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man1/ed.1
+++ b/usr/src/man/man1/ed.1
@@ -81,16 +81,10 @@ While \fBed\fR is accepting text, it is said to be in \fIinput mode\fR. In this
 mode, \fBno\fR commands are recognized; all input is merely collected. Leave
 input mode by typing a period (\fB\&.\fR) at the beginning of a line, followed
 immediately by a carriage return.
-.SS "/usr/bin/ed"
 .sp
 .LP
 If \fBed\fR executes commands with arguments, it uses the default shell
 \fB/usr/bin/sh\fR (see \fBsh\fR(1)).
-.SS "/usr/xpg4/bin/ed and /usr/xpg6/bin/ed"
-.sp
-.LP
-If \fBed\fR executes commands with arguments, it uses \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/sh\fR
-(see \fBksh\fR(1)).
 .SS "Regular Expressions"
 .sp
 .LP
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man1/env.1 b/usr/src/man/man1/env.1
index 540586ee45..6294786a5e 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man1/env.1
+++ b/usr/src/man/man1/env.1
@@ -33,16 +33,10 @@ the modified environment.
 Optional arguments are passed to \fIutility\fR. If no \fIutility\fR operand is
 specified, the resulting environment is written to the standard output, with
 one \fIname\fR\fB=\fR\fIvalue\fR pair per line.
-.SS "\fB/usr/bin\fR"
 .sp
 .LP
 If \fBenv\fR executes commands with arguments, it uses the default shell
 \fB/usr/bin/sh\fR (see \fBsh\fR(1)).
-.SS "\fB/usr/xpg4/bin\fR"
-.sp
-.LP
-If \fBenv\fR executes commands with arguments, it uses \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/sh\fR
-(see \fBksh\fR(1)).
 .SH OPTIONS
 .sp
 .LP
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man1/nice.1 b/usr/src/man/man1/nice.1
index fd5e671e30..9925c592c1 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man1/nice.1
+++ b/usr/src/man/man1/nice.1
@@ -44,16 +44,10 @@ that supports \fBnice\fR.
 If the C shell (see \fBcsh\fR(1)) is used, the full path of the command must be
 specified. Otherwise, the \fBcsh\fR built-in version of \fBnice\fR will be
 invoked. See \fBcsh Builtin\fR below.
-.SS "/usr/bin/nice"
 .sp
 .LP
 If \fBnice\fR executes commands with arguments, it uses the default shell
 \fB/usr/bin/sh\fR (see \fBsh\fR(1)).
-.SS "/usr/xpg4/bin/nice"
-.sp
-.LP
-If \fBnice\fR executes commands with arguments, it uses \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/sh\fR
-(see \fBksh\fR(1)).
 .SS "csh Builtin"
 .sp
 .LP
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man3c/popen.3c b/usr/src/man/man3c/popen.3c
index ade577bfce..ebf8b88262 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man3c/popen.3c
+++ b/usr/src/man/man3c/popen.3c
@@ -43,19 +43,11 @@ argument as described in \fBfopen\fR(3C) to enable extended FILE facility.
 .sp
 .LP
 The environment of the executed command will be as if a child process were
-created within the \fBpopen()\fR call using \fBfork\fR(2). If the application
-is standard-conforming (see \fBstandards\fR(5)), the child is created as if
-invoked with the call:
+created within the \fBpopen()\fR call using \fBfork\fR(2).  The child is
+created as if invoked with the call:
 .sp
 .LP
-\fBexecl("/usr/xpg4/bin/sh", "sh", "\fR\fB-c\fR\fB",\fR\fIcommand\fR, \fB(char
-*)0);\fR
-.sp
-.LP
-otherwise, the child is created as if invoked with the call:
-.sp
-.LP
-\fBexecl("/usr/bin/sh", "sh", "\fR\fB-c\fR\fB",\fR\fIcommand\fR, \fB(char
+\fBexecl("/usr/bin/sh", "sh", "\fR\fB-c\fR\fB", \fR\fIcommand\fR, \fB(char
 *)0);\fR
 .sp
 .LP
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man3c/system.3c b/usr/src/man/man3c/system.3c
index 11812da3f8..f6404ba0bf 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man3c/system.3c
+++ b/usr/src/man/man3c/system.3c
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ the shell in the format specified by \fBwaitpid\fR(3C).
 .LP
 If \fIstring\fR is a null pointer, \fBsystem()\fR checks if the shell exists
 and is executable.  If the shell is available, \fBsystem()\fR returns a
-non-zero value; otherwise, it returns \fB0\fR.  The standard to which the
-caller conforms determines which shell is used. See \fBstandards\fR(5).
+non-zero value; otherwise, it returns \fB0\fR.
 .sp
 .LP
 The \fBsystem()\fR function sets the \fBSIGINT\fR and \fBSIGQUIT\fR signals to
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man5/standards.5 b/usr/src/man/man5/standards.5
index caba3a202d..ddc1c34203 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man5/standards.5
+++ b/usr/src/man/man5/standards.5
@@ -252,29 +252,6 @@ other directories containing binaries needed by the application
 .RE
 .RE
 
-.sp
-.LP
-When an application uses \fBexeclp()\fR or \fBexecvp()\fR (see \fBexec\fR(2))
-to execute a shell file, or uses \fBsystem\fR(3C), the shell used to interpret
-the shell file depends on the standard to which the caller conforms:
-.sp
-
-.sp
-.TS
-tab();
-cw(4.33i) cw(1.17i) 
-lw(4.33i) lw(1.17i) 
-.
-StandardShell Used
-_
-T{
-1989 ANSI C, 1990 ISO C, 1999 ISO C, POSIX.1 (1990-2001), SUS, SUSv2, SUSv3, XPG4
-T}\fB/usr/xpg4/bin/sh\fR
-T{
-POSIX.1 (1988), SVID3, XPG3, no standard specified
-T}\fB/usr/bin/sh\fR
-.TE
-
 .SS "Feature Test Macros"
 .sp
 .LP