--- Makefile.in
+++ Makefile.in
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 
 maybe-uninstall-headers: uninstall-headers
 
-install-static: installdirs $(STATIC_LIBS) install-headers install-doc install-examples
+install-static: installdirs $(STATIC_LIBS) install-headers
 	-$(MV) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libreadline.a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libreadline.old
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) libreadline.a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libreadline.a
 	-test -n "$(RANLIB)" && $(RANLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libreadline.a
@@ -237,12 +237,12 @@
 		$(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/readline $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(infodir) $(DESTDIR)$(man3dir)
 
-uninstall: uninstall-headers uninstall-doc uninstall-examples
+uninstall: uninstall-headers
 	-test -n "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)" && cd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && \
 		${RM} libreadline.a libreadline.old libhistory.a libhistory.old $(SHARED_LIBS)
 	-( cd shlib; ${MAKE} ${MFLAGS} DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} uninstall )
 
-install-shared: installdirs install-headers shared install-doc
+install-shared: installdirs install-headers shared
 	-( cd shlib ; ${MAKE} ${MFLAGS} DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install )
 	
 uninstall-shared: maybe-uninstall-headers
