diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index be34c46c2ddbb387ad21214c435f1f5824c6e82d..c92cde0a721e91a99c197301628a82ff02bfe3f0 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 	interface \
 	src \
 	tests \
-	docs \
 	$(NULL)
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
@@ -19,8 +18,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	$(INTLTOOL_FILES)\
     $(NULL)
 
-DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-documentation
-
 dist-hook:
 	@if test -d "$(srcdir)/.git"; \
         then \
@@ -52,8 +49,10 @@ dist-hook:
 	done;
 
 # Code coverage
-@CODE_COVERAGE_RULES@
-CODE_COVERAGE_DIRECTORY = $(top_builddir)/sources
+#@CODE_COVERAGE_RULES@
+#CODE_COVERAGE_DIRECTORY = $(top_builddir)/sources
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/aminclude_static.am
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = \
                  $(GITIGNORE_MAINTAINERCLEANFILES_TOPLEVEL) \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0444ea83e741d073fec5bfff8969fa69aa367d69..ddf69a45a4e8b0ab849a95f1f9e13e41ff812d5c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ dnl check for gobject-introspection
 GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CHECK([1.31.1])
 
 dnl check for hotdoc
-HOTDOC_CHECK([0.8], [c, dbus])
 
 PRESTWOOD_PACKAGES_PUBLIC_GLIB="glib-2.0 gio-2.0"
 PRESTWOOD_PACKAGES_PRIVATE_GLIB="gthread-2.0 gmodule-2.0 gio-unix-2.0"
@@ -101,8 +100,6 @@ AX_CODE_COVERAGE
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 Makefile
 prestwood.pc
-docs/Makefile
-docs/reference/Makefile
 interface/Makefile
 src/Makefile
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e5be1d1b29381bca87bf0466b2d1979fb745cb86..a5b1662e38b91cf31570fae52e0422d3388892c8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ Build-Depends:
   libglib2.0-dev,
   libgirepository1.0-dev (>= 1.30),
   gobject-introspection (>= 1.30),
-  hotdoc-0.8 (>= 0.8),
-  hotdoc-c-extension-0.8,
-  hotdoc-dbus-extension-0.8,
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 
 Package: libprestwoodiface0
diff --git a/debian/prestwood-doc.install b/debian/prestwood-doc.install
deleted file mode 100644
index c23f1003cc0f0b9827dea41d993f8acdf4cdade8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/debian/prestwood-doc.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-usr/share/devhelp/books/Prestwood*
-usr/share/doc/prestwood/prestwood-0/*              usr/share/doc/prestwood/prestwood