diff --git a/gnu/dist/gettext/gettext-runtime/Makefile.am b/gnu/dist/gettext/gettext-runtime/Makefile.am
index f8fd3b72ce1b..1ff4ae44371b 100644
--- a/gnu/dist/gettext/gettext-runtime/Makefile.am
+++ b/gnu/dist/gettext/gettext-runtime/Makefile.am
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I ../gettext-tools/m4 -I ../autoconf-lib-link/m4 -I ../
 
 MAKEINFO = env LANG= LC_MESSAGES= LC_ALL= LANGUAGE= @MAKEINFO@
 
-SUBDIRS =      doc intl intl-java intl-csharp lib @SUBDIR_libasprintf@ src po man m4
+SUBDIRS =      doc intl intl-java intl-csharp lib @SUBDIR_libasprintf@ src po m4
 DIST_SUBDIRS = doc intl intl-java intl-csharp lib libasprintf          src po man m4
 
 EXTRA_DIST = BUGS
diff --git a/gnu/dist/gettext/gettext-runtime/Makefile.in b/gnu/dist/gettext/gettext-runtime/Makefile.in
index 2e4b929c4c45..44d415628b41 100644
--- a/gnu/dist/gettext/gettext-runtime/Makefile.in
+++ b/gnu/dist/gettext/gettext-runtime/Makefile.in
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
 target_alias = @target_alias@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.5 gnu no-dependencies
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I ../gettext-tools/m4 -I ../autoconf-lib-link/m4 -I ../m4
-SUBDIRS = doc intl intl-java intl-csharp lib @SUBDIR_libasprintf@ src po man m4
+SUBDIRS = doc intl intl-java intl-csharp lib @SUBDIR_libasprintf@ src po m4
 DIST_SUBDIRS = doc intl intl-java intl-csharp lib libasprintf          src po man m4
 EXTRA_DIST = BUGS Makefile.vms config.h_vms README.woe32 Makefile.msvc \
 	config.h.msvc windows/dllexport.h windows/intl.rc
diff --git a/gnu/dist/gettext/gettext-tools/Makefile.am b/gnu/dist/gettext/gettext-tools/Makefile.am
index eed38559676d..822b4248dfd5 100644
--- a/gnu/dist/gettext/gettext-tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/gnu/dist/gettext/gettext-tools/Makefile.am
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.5 gnu no-dependencies
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I ../gettext-runtime/m4 -I ../autoconf-lib-link/m4 -I ../m4
 
-SUBDIRS = doc intl lib libgrep libuniname src po projects misc man m4 tests examples
+SUBDIRS = doc intl lib libgrep libuniname src po projects misc m4 tests examples
 
 EXTRA_DIST = misc/DISCLAIM
 
diff --git a/gnu/dist/gettext/gettext-tools/Makefile.in b/gnu/dist/gettext/gettext-tools/Makefile.in
index 387c6457e3ba..dc94ff27d081 100644
--- a/gnu/dist/gettext/gettext-tools/Makefile.in
+++ b/gnu/dist/gettext/gettext-tools/Makefile.in
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
 target_alias = @target_alias@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.5 gnu no-dependencies
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I ../gettext-runtime/m4 -I ../autoconf-lib-link/m4 -I ../m4
-SUBDIRS = doc intl lib libgrep libuniname src po projects misc man m4 tests examples
+SUBDIRS = doc intl lib libgrep libuniname src po projects misc m4 tests examples
 # vms_jackets.h is a header that comes with Compaq's "porting library".
 # KEEP_CRTL_SETLOCALE tells it to not override the native locale support.
 EXTRA_DIST = misc/DISCLAIM Makefile.vms config.h_vms README.woe32 \