diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3c837962281bf3be5a7cba53cba7b199a9f43890..678ef01a8e246f556e246dd770704029118570d0 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = README_win32.txt README.txt INSTALL.txt TODO.txt CHANGES.txt \
 
 
 # directories to compile
-SUBDIRS = tsk3 tools tests samples docs man
+SUBDIRS = tsk3 tools tests samples man
 
 nobase_include_HEADERS = tsk3/libtsk.h tsk3/tsk_incs.h \
     tsk3/base/tsk_base.h tsk3/base/tsk_os.h \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1c5d58c874bf333cbc4c3346812f4516fba7f241..d173ab20b395efbcfb399d7cafc0e2ed144921b1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                  tools/timeline/Makefile
                  tests/Makefile
                  samples/Makefile
-                 docs/Makefile
                  man/Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT