diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6504bf7..a00cb6d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I build-scripts
 
-SUBDIRS = . libtwolame frontend simplefrontend doc tests
+SUBDIRS = . libtwolame frontend simplefrontend tests
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = twolame.pc
@@ -23,11 +23,7 @@ ChangeLog:
 	[ -d .git ] && git log > ChangeLog || true
 
 pkgdocdir = @docdir@
-pkgdoc_DATA = \
-	AUTHORS \
-	COPYING \
-	README \
-	NEWS
+pkgdoc_DATA =
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	$(pkgdoc_DATA) \