diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index d3911c9bf..bee64b625 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -1,35 +1,24 @@
-appmandir = $(APP_MAN_DIR)
-filemandir = $(FILE_MAN_DIR)
 
 # Xserver.man covers options generic to all X servers built in this tree
 # (i.e. those handled in the os/utils.c options processing instead of in
 #  the DDX-level options processing)
+appmandir = $(APP_MAN_DIR)
 appman_PRE = Xserver.man.pre
-fileman_PRE =
 
 appman_PROCESSED = $(appman_PRE:man.pre=man)
-fileman_PROCESSED = $(fileman_PRE:man.pre=man)
-
 appman_DATA = $(appman_PRE:man.pre=@APP_MAN_SUFFIX@)
-fileman_DATA = $(fileman_PRE:man.pre=@FILE_MAN_SUFFIX@)
 
-BUILT_SOURCES = $(appman_PROCESSED) $(fileman_PROCESSED)
-
-CLEANFILES = $(appman_PROCESSED) $(appman_DATA) \
-		$(fileman_PROCESSED) $(fileman_DATA)
+BUILT_SOURCES = $(appman_PROCESSED)
+CLEANFILES = $(appman_PROCESSED) $(appman_DATA)
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/cpprules.in
 
 .man.$(APP_MAN_SUFFIX):
 	cp $< $@
 
-.man.$(FILE_MAN_SUFFIX):
-	cp $< $@
-
 EXTRAMANDEFS = -D__default_font_path__="`echo $(COMPILEDDEFAULTFONTPATH) | sed -e 's/,/, /g'`"
 
 # Docs about X server internals that we ship with source but don't install
 DEVEL_DOCS = smartsched
 
-
 EXTRA_DIST = $(DEVEL_DOCS) $(appman_PRE) $(fileman_PRE)