ESCOMP · samsrabin · May 21, 2026 · May 20, 2026 · May 21, 2026
diff --git a/doc/source/lilac/obtaining-building-and-running/setting-ctsm-runtime-options.rst b/doc/source/lilac/obtaining-building-and-running/setting-ctsm-runtime-options.rst
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ in this file.
 The first set of options in this file specifies key file names:
 
 - ``lnd_domain_file`` must be specified. This file specifies CTSM's grid and land
-  mask. The general process for creating this file is described in section
-  :numref:`building-the-clm-tools`.
+  mask.
 
 - ``fsurdat`` also must be specified. This file specifies a variety of spatially-varying
   properties. This file is grid-specific, but can be created from grid-independent files

diff --git a/doc/source/users_guide/using-clm-tools/building-the-clm-tools.rst b/doc/source/users_guide/using-clm-tools/building-the-clm-tools.rst
diff --git a/doc/source/users_guide/using-clm-tools/index.rst b/doc/source/users_guide/using-clm-tools/index.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ Using CLM tools
    :maxdepth: 2
 
    what-are-the-clm-tools.rst
-   building-the-clm-tools.rst
    using-ctsm-pylib.rst
    creating-input-for-surface-dataset-generation.rst
    creating-surface-datasets.rst