diff --git a/py/doc/misc.txt b/py/doc/misc.txt
index 2bf95bb3d..19436a61b 100644
--- a/py/doc/misc.txt
+++ b/py/doc/misc.txt
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ interested to hear about them. If you are running a Python older than 2.4 you
 will have to install the `pywin32 package`_.
 
 
-.. _`compile-on-the-fly`: future/future.html#compile-on-the-fly 
 .. _`future book`: future/future.html 
 .. _`PEP-324 subprocess module`: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0324.html
 .. _`subprocess implementation`: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~astrand/popen5/
diff --git a/py/doc/why_py.txt b/py/doc/why_py.txt
index 402482257..8f41fc93d 100644
--- a/py/doc/why_py.txt
+++ b/py/doc/why_py.txt
@@ -181,10 +181,8 @@ in 2006 and 2007 major parts of the py lib.
 .. _`py-dev mailing list`: http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/py-dev 
 .. _`test environment`: test.html 
 .. _`PyPy`: http://codespeak.net/pypy
-.. _`envisioned import/export system`: future/future.html#importexport
 .. _future: future/future.html
 .. _`py.test tool and library`: test.html
-.. _`great work that Fred L. Drake, Jr. is doing`: http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.4/lib/lib.html
 .. _merlinux: http://merlinux.de
 
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