diff --git a/slides/yocto-recipe-basics/yocto-recipe-basics.tex b/slides/yocto-recipe-basics/yocto-recipe-basics.tex
index 99c46ccff8..420299af18 100644
--- a/slides/yocto-recipe-basics/yocto-recipe-basics.tex
+++ b/slides/yocto-recipe-basics/yocto-recipe-basics.tex
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ \subsection{Recipes: overview}
         \item \yoctovar{BPN}: recipe name, extracted from the recipe file name
         \item \yoctovar{PN}: \yoctovar{BPN} potentially with prefixes or suffixes added
           such as \code{nativesdk-}, or \code{-native}
-        \item \yoctovar{PV}: package version, extracted from the the recipe file name
+        \item \yoctovar{PV}: package version, extracted from the recipe file name
         \item \yoctovar{BP}: defined as \code{${BPN}-${PV}}
       \end{itemize}
     \item The recipe name and version usually match the upstream ones.
diff --git a/slides/yocto-recipe-extra/yocto-recipe-extra.tex b/slides/yocto-recipe-extra/yocto-recipe-extra.tex
index f88b4032e5..872e793342 100644
--- a/slides/yocto-recipe-extra/yocto-recipe-extra.tex
+++ b/slides/yocto-recipe-extra/yocto-recipe-extra.tex
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \subsection{The per-recipe sysroot}
 
 \begin{frame}{Sysroot}
   \begin{itemize}
-    \item The {\em sysroot} is the the logical root directory for headers
+    \item The {\em sysroot} is the logical root directory for headers
       and libraries
     \item Where {\em gcc} looks for headers, and {\em ld} looks for
       libraries