diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ff45109..306f4e8 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -35,12 +35,10 @@ ChangeLog: always-rebuild
 
 TXT_RSTDOCS = doc/tutorial.txt API_CHANGES.txt HACKING.txt
 RSTDOCS = README NEWS TODO
-dist_doc_DATA = $(TXT_RSTDOCS) $(RSTDOCS)
 
 if ENABLE_DOCS
 HTML_TXT_RSTDOCS = doc/tutorial.html API_CHANGES.html HACKING.html
 HTML_RSTDOCS = README.html NEWS.html TODO.html
-nodist_doc_DATA = $(HTML_TXT_RSTDOCS) $(HTML_RSTDOCS)
 
 CLEANFILES += $(nodist_doc_DATA)