diff --git a/docs/libs/Makefile.am b/docs/libs/Makefile.am
index e61e45f896..7ea1707213 100644
--- a/docs/libs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/libs/Makefile.am
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ DOC_SOURCE_DIR=$(top_srcdir)/libs
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(DOC_MODULE)-docs.sgml $(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt
 
-HTML_DIR=$(datadir)/gstreamer/html
-
 TARGET_DIR=$(HTML_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)
 
 if HAVE_GTK_DOC
diff --git a/docs/plugins/Makefile.am b/docs/plugins/Makefile.am
index 3f9d57d43b..9aaa45a6fd 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/plugins/Makefile.am
@@ -14,14 +14,11 @@ DOC_SOURCE_DIR=$(top_srcdir)/plugins
 
 EXTRA_DIST=$(DOC_MODULE).types.in $(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) gstdoc-mkdb gstdoc-mktmpl gstdoc-scanobj
 
-HTML_DIR=$(datadir)/$(DOC_MODULE)/html
-
 TARGET_DIR=$(HTML_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)
 
 tmpl_sources =				\
 	tmpl/videoraw.sgml
 
-gstreamer_docdir = $(HTML_DIR)
 gstreamer_doc_DATA =		\
 	$(DOC_MODULE).html		\
 	$(DOC_MODULE).hierarchy	\