diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index 9b5ed77b7dd4017c7f8ce7863329bbf7e3f09ad7..6c4d680e223c08f5c076d9987f2f5fd85daa2216 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -180,22 +180,11 @@ dnl **************************************
 XDT_CHECK_OPTIONAL_PACKAGE([LIBNOTIFY], [libnotify], [0.4.0], [notifications],
                            [Mount notification support], [yes])
 
-dnl *************************
-dnl *** Check for gtk-doc ***
-dnl *************************
-GTK_DOC_CHECK([1.0])
-
 dnl ***********************************
 dnl *** Check for debugging support ***
 dnl ***********************************
 XDT_FEATURE_DEBUG([thunar_debug_default])
 
-dnl *************************************
-dnl *** Compensate for broken gtk-doc ***
-dnl *************************************
-XDT_SUPPORTED_FLAGS([GTK_DOC_EXTRA_CFLAGS], [-Wno-sign-compare])
-AC_SUBST([GTK_DOC_EXTRA_CFLAGS])
-
 dnl **************************************
 dnl *** Check for linker optimizations ***
 dnl **************************************
@@ -233,9 +222,6 @@ Makefile
 docs/Makefile
 docs/design/Makefile
 docs/papers/Makefile
-docs/reference/Makefile
-docs/reference/thunarx/Makefile
-docs/reference/thunarx/version.xml
 examples/Makefile
 examples/tex-open-terminal/Makefile
 icons/Makefile
diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index 237ccc81c422e937e549ba13f40018092774ecdc..937b4d7653e936948a010c8fa130deecead687c7 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-# $Id$
-
 SUBDIRS =								\
 	design								\
-	papers								\
-	reference
+	papers
 
 doc_DATA =								\
 	README.gtkrc