--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -540,7 +540,6 @@
 
 clean: | $(CLEAN_TARGETS)
 	@-$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDROOT)/base clean
-	@-$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDROOT)/doc clean
 	@-$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDROOT)/src clean
 	@-$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDROOT)/ui clean
 	@-$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDROOT)/test clean
@@ -564,7 +563,6 @@
 
 distcleanall: cleanall
 	@-$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDROOT)/deps distcleanall
-	@-$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDROOT)/doc cleanall
 	-rm -fr $(build_prefix) $(build_staging)
 
 .PHONY: default debug release check-whitespace release-candidate \