diff --git a/docs/plugins/Makefile.am b/docs/plugins/Makefile.am
index f148177629..c9820cfd79 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/plugins/Makefile.am
@@ -231,25 +231,6 @@ DOC_OVERRIDES =
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/common/gtk-doc-plugins.mak
 
-# some additional clean rules from gtk-doc.mak
-distclean-local:
-	rm -f $(REPORT_FILES) \
-                $(DOC_MODULE)-decl-list.txt $(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt
-	rm -rf tmpl/*.sgml.bak
-	rm -f $(DOC_MODULE).hierarchy
-	rm -f *.stamp || true
-	if test x"$(srcdir)" != x. ; then \
-	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE)-docs.sgml ; \
-	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE).types ; \
-	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE).interfaces ; \
-            rm -f $(DOC_MODULE)-overrides.txt ; \
-	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE).prerequisites ; \
-	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt ; \
-	    rm -rf tmpl/*.sgml ; \
-	fi
-	rm -rf *.o
-
-
 SUBDIRS =
 
 FIGURES_SOURCEFILES = camerabin.dot