diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 4c41640904f..eb58fd2cfe9 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ include/stamp-h: $(srcdir)/include/config.h.in config.status
 clean:: __clean__
 distclean:: clean
 	$(RM) config.* configure.lineno TAGS tags include/config.h include/stamp-h Makefile Make.tmp .gitignore
-	$(RM) -r autom4te.cache
+	$(RM) -r autom4te.cache documentation/html documentation/api-guide documentation/api-guide-xml documentation/man$(api_manext)
 
 # Rules for uninstalling
 
@@ -120,6 +120,13 @@ distclean:: clean
 uninstall:: __uninstall__
 	-rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(fontdir) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/wine $(DESTDIR)$(fakedlldir) $(DESTDIR)$(dlldir) $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)
 
+# Rules for API documentation
+
+install-manpages:: manpages
+	for i in documentation/man$(api_manext)/*.$(api_manext); do $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/$$i; done
+
+.PHONY: install-manpages
+
 # Dependencies between directories
 
 # dependencies needed to build any dll or program
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2bfa2b9cf92..751baa9685e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1402,7 +1402,6 @@ enable_xmllite
 enable_xolehlp
 enable_xpsprint
 enable_xpssvcs
-enable_documentation
 enable_fonts
 enable_include
 enable_libs_port
@@ -18137,7 +18136,6 @@ wine_fn_config_test dlls/xmllite/tests xmllite_test
 wine_fn_config_dll xolehlp enable_xolehlp
 wine_fn_config_dll xpsprint enable_xpsprint
 wine_fn_config_dll xpssvcs enable_xpssvcs
-wine_fn_config_makefile documentation enable_documentation clean
 wine_fn_config_makefile fonts enable_fonts clean,install-lib
 wine_fn_config_makefile include enable_include clean,install-dev
 wine_fn_config_makefile libs/port enable_libs_port
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 138312f6a24..c6088f41251 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3493,7 +3493,6 @@ WINE_CONFIG_TEST(dlls/xmllite/tests)
 WINE_CONFIG_DLL(xolehlp)
 WINE_CONFIG_DLL(xpsprint)
 WINE_CONFIG_DLL(xpssvcs)
-WINE_CONFIG_MAKEFILE([documentation],,[clean])
 WINE_CONFIG_MAKEFILE([fonts],,[clean,install-lib])
 WINE_CONFIG_MAKEFILE([include],,[clean,install-dev])
 WINE_CONFIG_MAKEFILE([libs/port])
diff --git a/documentation/Makefile.in b/documentation/Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100644
index e3e6d40a523..00000000000
--- a/documentation/Makefile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-install-man::
-	@cd $(top_builddir) && $(MAKE) manpages
-	for i in man$(api_manext)/*.$(api_manext); do $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/$$i; done
-
-clean::
-	$(RM) -r html api-guide api-guide-xml man$(api_manext)