diff --git a/bochs/Makefile.in b/bochs/Makefile.in
index c1e6ecb89..ed97eb58f 100644
--- a/bochs/Makefile.in
+++ b/bochs/Makefile.in
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ sharedir        = $(datarootdir)/bochs
 top_builddir    = .
 top_srcdir      = $(srcdir)
 
-DESTDIR =
-
 VERSION=@VERSION@
 REL_STRING=@REL_STRING@
 MAN_PAGE_1_LIST=bochs bximage bochs-dlx
@@ -606,6 +604,8 @@ all-clean: clean @CLEAN_DOCBOOK_VAR@ @CLEAN_PCIDEV_VAR@
 	$(MAKE) clean
 	@CD_UP_ONE@
 
+distclean: dist-clean
+
 dist-clean: local-dist-clean
 	cd iodev @COMMAND_SEPARATOR@
 	$(MAKE) dist-clean
diff --git a/bochs/doc/docbook/Makefile.in b/bochs/doc/docbook/Makefile.in
index b9d5ba04c..1fc5a31d4 100644
--- a/bochs/doc/docbook/Makefile.in
+++ b/bochs/doc/docbook/Makefile.in
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ SGML_VALIDATE = nsgmls -s
 DOCBOOK2HTML = $(JADE) $(JADE_ARGS)
 endif
 
-DESTDIR=
-
 # name of the major documentation sections
 SECTIONS=user documentation development
 SECTION_HTML=$(SECTIONS:%=%/index.html)