diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2390c99c2c..d1a45d9aaa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ only under linux (though BSD support would probably be feasable).
 
 ### compiling
 
-Configure QEMU for irix/solaris userland emulation and compile:
+Configure QEMU for irix/solaris userland emulation and compile (see the original
+QEMU README for further instructions):
 
 ```
 configure --target-list=irix-linux-user,irixn32-linux-user,irix64-linux-user,solaris-linux-user
@@ -12,31 +13,10 @@ make && make install
 
 ### using
 
-I recommend using binfmt. Prepare some wrapper scripts for each of the qemu
-binaries for irix/solaris using this template:
-
-```
-#! /bin/sh
-
-ex=$1; shift
-a0=$1; shift
-
-export QEMU_RESERVED_VA=1G
-export QEMU_LD_PREFIX=<target rootfs>
-export QEMU_SET_ENV=LANG=C
-
-exec <qemu binary> -0 $a0 $ex "$@"
-```
-
-Install the binfmt (replace the QEMU* environment variables by the location of
-the wrapper scripts):
-
-```
-echo :irix:M::'\x7fELF\x01\x02\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x08\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00':'\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xef':${QEMUIRIX32}:P > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register
-echo :irixn32:M::'\x7fELF\x01\x02\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x08\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x20':'\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xef':${QEMUIRIXN32}:P > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register
-echo :irix64:M::'\x7fELF\x02\x02\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x08':'\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff':${QEMUIRIX64}:P > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register
-echo :solaris:M::'\x7fELF\x01\x02\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x02':'\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff':${QEMUSOLARIS32}:P > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register
-```
+I recommend using binfmt. I have prepared some scripts for this which you can
+obtain from my qemu-irix-helpers repository at github. Adapt the wrapper scripts
+to your setup and install them somewhere in your executable path. Activate them
+with the binfmt install scripts.
 
 Now you should be able to directly execute irix/solaris binaries from the shell.
 As a rather simple test, try: