diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 12cd95013..b43c3596b 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -279,10 +279,7 @@ endif
 build-coreutils:
 	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} --features "${EXES}" ${PROFILE_CMD} --no-default-features
 
-build-manpages:
-	cd $(DOCSDIR) && $(MAKE) man
-
-build: build-coreutils build-pkgs build-manpages
+build: build-coreutils build-pkgs
 
 $(foreach test,$(filter-out $(SKIP_UTILS),$(PROGS)),$(eval $(call TEST_BUSYBOX,$(test))))
 
@@ -330,14 +327,11 @@ ifeq (${MULTICALL}, y)
 	cd $(INSTALLDIR_BIN) && $(foreach prog, $(filter-out coreutils, $(INSTALLEES)), \
 		ln -fs $(PROG_PREFIX)coreutils $(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog) &&) :
 	$(if $(findstring test,$(INSTALLEES)), cd $(INSTALLDIR_BIN) && ln -fs $(PROG_PREFIX)coreutils $(PROG_PREFIX)[)
-	cat $(DOCSDIR)/_build/man/coreutils.1 | gzip > $(INSTALLDIR_MAN)/$(PROG_PREFIX)coreutils.1.gz
 else
 	$(foreach prog, $(INSTALLEES), \
 		$(INSTALL) $(BUILDDIR)/$(prog) $(INSTALLDIR_BIN)/$(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog);)
 	$(if $(findstring test,$(INSTALLEES)), $(INSTALL) $(BUILDDIR)/test $(INSTALLDIR_BIN)/$(PROG_PREFIX)[)
 endif
-	$(foreach man, $(filter $(INSTALLEES), $(basename $(notdir $(wildcard $(DOCSDIR)/_build/man/*)))), \
-		cat $(DOCSDIR)/_build/man/$(man).1 | gzip > $(INSTALLDIR_MAN)/$(PROG_PREFIX)$(man).1.gz &&) :
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/zsh/site-functions
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/bash-completion/completions
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/fish/vendor_completions.d
@@ -359,4 +353,4 @@ endif
 	rm -f $(addprefix $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/$(PROG_PREFIX),$(addsuffix .fish,$(PROGS)))
 	rm -f $(addprefix $(INSTALLDIR_MAN)/$(PROG_PREFIX),$(addsuffix .1.gz,$(PROGS)))
 
-.PHONY: all build build-coreutils build-pkgs build-docs test distclean clean busytest install uninstall
+.PHONY: all build build-coreutils build-pkgs test distclean clean busytest install uninstall