diff --git a/info/CRT.MAC b/info/CRT.MAC
index db6ed1b3..2ba02816 100644
--- a/info/CRT.MAC
+++ b/info/CRT.MAC
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 .\" Start out correctly
 .nr CS 0
 .\" Special strings for special characters, including smart quotes.
-.ds <= <=
-.ds >= >=
 .ds Q \&"
 .ds U \&"
 .pl 23v         \" Page length: 23 lines
diff --git a/info/Innards.t b/info/Innards.t
index 8f4ff7fc..f9932a71 100644
--- a/info/Innards.t
+++ b/info/Innards.t
@@ -146,14 +146,14 @@ Collect the taxes, pay the military
 /* plague */
 If p_stage = \*Qthird\*U kill off a bunch of people,
    alert the owner and the news and decrement p_time by dt.
-   If p_time \*(<= 0 set p_stage = zero (plague has burned itself out).
+   If p_time \(<= 0 set p_stage = zero (plague has burned itself out).
 If p_stage = \*Qsecond\*U report
    to the owner and the news and decrement p_time by dt.
-   If p_time \*(<= 0 set p_stage = \*Qthird\*U
+   If p_time \(<= 0 set p_stage = \*Qthird\*U
       and randomly reset p_time in the range of etu_per_update to
       (etu_per_update * 2).
 If p_stage = \*Qfirst\*U decrement p_time by dt.
-   If p_time \*(<= 0 set p_stage = \*Qsecond\*U
+   If p_time \(<= 0 set p_stage = \*Qsecond\*U
       and randomly reset p_time in the range of etu_per_update to
       (etu_per_update * 2).
 If p_stage = zero and a random number in the range 0-99
diff --git a/info/TROFF.MAC b/info/TROFF.MAC
index 82e65a17..7eac067d 100644
--- a/info/TROFF.MAC
+++ b/info/TROFF.MAC
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 .\" Start out correctly
 .nr CS 0
 .\" Special strings for special characters, including smart quotes.
-.ds <= \(<=
-.ds >= \(>=
 .ds Q ``
 .ds U ''
 .pl 11i                 \" Page length - environment 0