diff --git a/example/mu/Makefile b/example/mu/Makefile
index f64a72d9a2d5a26e38ce40c1a4aff6f6b7d9c9bf..4e78e982c4f157fb3410a509467232d601d10fd0 100644
--- a/example/mu/Makefile
+++ b/example/mu/Makefile
@@ -24,21 +24,11 @@ all: $(OUTPUT) clean
 
 # This target typesets a pdfLaTeX example.
 %-pdflatex.pdf: %-pdflatex.tex example.bib example-terms-abbrs.tex
-	$(PDFLATEX) $< # The initial typesetting.
-	biber                               $(basename $<).bcf
-	$(PDFLATEX) $< # Update the index after the bibliography insertion.
-	texindy -I latex -C utf8 -L english $(basename $<).idx
-	$(PDFLATEX) $< # The final typesetting, now also with index.
-	$(PDFLATEX) $<
+	latexmk -pdf -Werror $<
 
 # This target typesets a LuaLaTeX example.
 %-lualatex.pdf: %-lualatex.tex example.bib example-terms-abbrs.tex
-	$(LUALATEX) $< # The initial typesetting.
-	biber                               $(basename $<).bcf
-	$(LUALATEX) $< # Update the index after the bibliography insertion.
-	texindy -I latex -C utf8 -L english $(basename $<).idx
-	$(LUALATEX) $< # The final typesetting, now also with index.
-	$(LUALATEX) $<
+	latexmk -lualatex -Werror $<
 
 # This target removes any auxiliary files.
 clean:
diff --git a/example/mu/example.dtx b/example/mu/example.dtx
index 9ba741c80ec9b7a57f99bd606dfc4fc2e4793793..43a08b814a5fc0977caaa37d7b1eec2d4f6d06fe 100644
--- a/example/mu/example.dtx
+++ b/example/mu/example.dtx
@@ -49,34 +49,25 @@
   main=english, %% By using `czech` or `slovak` as the main locale
                 %% instead of `english`, you can typeset the thesis
                 %% in either Czech or Slovak, respectively.
-  english, german, russian, czech, slovak %% The additional keys allow
+  english, german, czech, slovak %% The additional keys allow
 ]{babel}        %% foreign texts to be typeset as follows:
 %%
 %%   \begin{otherlanguage}{german}  ... \end{otherlanguage}
-%%   \begin{otherlanguage}{russian} ... \end{otherlanguage}
 %%   \begin{otherlanguage}{czech}   ... \end{otherlanguage}
 %%   \begin{otherlanguage}{slovak}  ... \end{otherlanguage}
 %%
-%% For non-Latin scripts, it may be necessary to load additional
-%% fonts:
-\usepackage{paratype}
-\def\textrussian#1{{\usefont{T2A}{PTSerif-TLF}{m}{rm}#1}}
 %</pdftex>
 %<*luatex>
 \usepackage{polyglossia}  %% By using `czech` or `slovak` as the
 \setmainlanguage{english} %% main locale instead of `english`, you
 %% can typeset the thesis in either Czech or Slovak, respectively.
-\setotherlanguages{german, russian, czech, slovak} %% The
-%% additional keys allow foreign texts to be typeset as follows:
+\setotherlanguages{german, czech, slovak} %% The additional keys
+%% allow foreign texts to be typeset as follows:
 %%
 %%   \begin{otherlanguage}{german}  ... \end{otherlanguage}
-%%   \begin{otherlanguage}{russian} ... \end{otherlanguage}
 %%   \begin{otherlanguage}{czech}   ... \end{otherlanguage}
 %%   \begin{otherlanguage}{slovak}  ... \end{otherlanguage}
 %%
-%% For non-Latin scripts, it may be necessary to load additional
-%% fonts:
-\newfontfamily\russianfont[Script=Cyrillic,Ligatures=TeX]{PT Serif}
 %</luatex>
 %%
 %% The following section sets up the metadata of the thesis.
@@ -600,22 +591,6 @@ zu schreiben. Wenn alles gut geht, bekomme ich bald ein Diplom.
 WĂĽnsch mir GlĂĽck!
 \end{otherlanguage}
 
-%<*luatex>
-\begin{otherlanguage}{russian}
-%</luatex>
-%<*pdftex>
-\begin{otherlanguage}{russian}\textrussian{%
-%</pdftex>
-Говорят, что тезис -- это \enquote{кульминация обучения}. Поэтому
-я и решил написать собственный тезис. Если всё сработает по плану,
-я скоро получу диплом. Желайте мне удачи!
-%<*luatex>
-\end{otherlanguage}
-%</luatex>
-%<*pdftex>
-}\end{otherlanguage}
-%</pdftex>
-
 \chapter{Using lightweight markup}
 %<*pdftex>
 \shorthandoff{-}
diff --git a/style/mu/base.dtx b/style/mu/base.dtx
index d9cf5a35b59944e1a237cf7be2de6b96f25d5640..cf0045f41fdc75742e238ddf1838e7c657941f88 100644
--- a/style/mu/base.dtx
+++ b/style/mu/base.dtx
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
 % \textsf{microtype} package gets loaded.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \ifthesis@microtype@
-  \thesis@require[final,babel]{microtype}
+  \thesis@require[final,babel,nopatch=item]{microtype}
 \fi
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % Using the |\ifxetex| and |\ifluatex| conditionals, a compound