diff --git a/common/common-functions b/common/common-functions
index c08dc74..5d11789 100644
--- a/common/common-functions
+++ b/common/common-functions
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ ${BOLD}  -V, --version${OFF}
 ${BOLD}  -B, --book VER${OFF}
         checkout VER version of the book. Supported versions at this time are:
         dev* | trunk | SVN     aliases for Development {C,H,B}LFS
-        alpha*                 aliases for the LFS alphabetical branch
         udev*                  aliases for the LFS udev_update branch
 
 ${BOLD}  -D  --directory DIR${OFF}
diff --git a/master.sh b/master.sh
index 58495b7..b6979fa 100755
--- a/master.sh
+++ b/master.sh
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ while test $# -gt 0 ; do
                  echo "For stable 6.1.1 book, please use jhalfs-0.2."
                  exit 0
                 ;;
-               alpha*) LFSVRS=alphabetical  ;;
                udev*)  LFSVRS=udev_update   ;;
                * )     echo "$1 is an unsupported version at this time." ;;
              esac