diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index a8024b335b15f3962116fb3de68a7de4c5b5c9da..a98ced016d96387319e6fa2501fc85f8a410c016 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ hvsupport.html.in: $(srcdir)/hvsupport.pl $(srcdir)/../src/libvirt_public.syms \
 internals/%.html.tmp: internals/%.html.in subsite.xsl page.xsl sitemap.html.in
 	@if [ -x $(XSLTPROC) ] ; then \
 	  echo "Generating $@"; \
-	  $(MKDIR_P) "$(builddir)/internals"; \
 	  name=`echo $@ | sed -e 's/.tmp//'`; \
 	  $(XSLTPROC) --stringparam pagename $$name --nonet --html \
 	    $(top_srcdir)/docs/subsite.xsl $< > $@ \