diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 00d9605..e8d024b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
-SUBDIRS = libgd src po data/icons data/geonames docs/reference/astrognome
+SUBDIRS = libgd src po data/icons data/geonames
 
 EXTRA_DIST = config.rpath ChangeLog
 
-DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-gtk-doc
-
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = ChangeLog
 
 distclean-local:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d902216..36af043 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -64,6 +64,5 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
     po/Makefile.in
     data/geonames/Makefile
     data/icons/Makefile
-    docs/reference/astrognome/Makefile
 ])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/docs/reference/astrognome/Makefile.am b/docs/reference/astrognome/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 115f28a..0000000
--- a/docs/reference/astrognome/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
-
-# We require automake 1.6 at least.
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.6
-
-# This is a blank Makefile.am for using gtk-doc.
-# Copy this to your project's API docs directory and modify the variables to
-# suit your project. See the GTK+ Makefiles in gtk+/docs/reference for examples
-# of using the various options.
-
-# The name of the module, e.g. 'glib'.
-DOC_MODULE=astrognome
-
-# Uncomment for versioned docs and specify the version of the module, e.g. '2'.
-DOC_MODULE_VERSION=0
-
-
-# The top-level XML file (SGML in the past). You can change this if you want to.
-DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE=$(DOC_MODULE)-docs.xml
-
-# Directories containing the source code.
-# gtk-doc will search all .c and .h files beneath these paths
-# for inline comments documenting functions and macros.
-# e.g. DOC_SOURCE_DIR=$(top_srcdir)/gtk $(top_srcdir)/gdk
-DOC_SOURCE_DIR=$(top_srcdir)/src
-
-# Extra options to pass to gtkdoc-scangobj. Not normally needed.
-SCANGOBJ_OPTIONS=
-
-# Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-scan.
-# e.g. SCAN_OPTIONS=--deprecated-guards="GTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED"
-SCAN_OPTIONS=--rebuild-sections --rebuild-types
-
-# Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-mkdb.
-# e.g. MKDB_OPTIONS=--xml-mode --output-format=xml
-MKDB_OPTIONS=--xml-mode --output-format=xml
-
-# Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-mktmpl
-# e.g. MKTMPL_OPTIONS=--only-section-tmpl
-MKTMPL_OPTIONS=
-
-# Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-mkhtml
-MKHTML_OPTIONS=
-
-# Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-fixref. Not normally needed.
-# e.g. FIXXREF_OPTIONS=--extra-dir=../gdk-pixbuf/html --extra-dir=../gdk/html
-FIXXREF_OPTIONS=
-
-# Used for dependencies. The docs will be rebuilt if any of these change.
-# e.g. HFILE_GLOB=$(top_srcdir)/gtk/*.h
-# e.g. CFILE_GLOB=$(top_srcdir)/gtk/*.c
-HFILE_GLOB=$(top_srcdir)/src/*.h
-CFILE_GLOB=$(top_srcdir)/src/*.c
-
-# Extra header to include when scanning, which are not under DOC_SOURCE_DIR
-# e.g. EXTRA_HFILES=$(top_srcdir}/contrib/extra.h
-EXTRA_HFILES=
-
-# Header files or dirs to ignore when scanning. Use base file/dir names
-# e.g. IGNORE_HFILES=gtkdebug.h gtkintl.h private_code
-IGNORE_HFILES=
-
-# Images to copy into HTML directory.
-# e.g. HTML_IMAGES=$(top_srcdir)/gtk/stock-icons/stock_about_24.png
-HTML_IMAGES=
-
-# Extra SGML files that are included by $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE).
-# e.g. content_files=running.sgml building.sgml changes-2.0.sgml
-content_files=
-
-# SGML files where gtk-doc abbrevations (#GtkWidget) are expanded
-# These files must be listed here *and* in content_files
-# e.g. expand_content_files=running.sgml
-expand_content_files=
-
-# CFLAGS and LDFLAGS for compiling gtkdoc-scangobj with your library.
-# Only needed if you are using gtkdoc-scangobj to dynamically query widget
-# signals and properties.
-# e.g. GTKDOC_CFLAGS=-I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_builddir) $(GTK_DEBUG_FLAGS)
-# e.g. GTKDOC_LIBS=$(top_builddir)/gtk/$(gtktargetlib)
-GTKDOC_CFLAGS=
-GTKDOC_LIBS=
-
-# This includes the standard gtk-doc make rules, copied by gtkdocize.
-include $(top_srcdir)/gtk-doc.make
-
-# Other files to distribute
-# e.g. EXTRA_DIST += version.xml.in
-EXTRA_DIST +=
-
-# Files not to distribute
-# for --rebuild-types in $(SCAN_OPTIONS), e.g. $(DOC_MODULE).types
-# for --rebuild-sections in $(SCAN_OPTIONS) e.g. $(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt
-#DISTCLEANFILES +=
-
-# Comment this out if you want 'make check' to test you doc status
-# and run some sanity checks
-if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
-TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = cd $(srcdir) && \
-  DOC_MODULE=$(DOC_MODULE) DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE=$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) \
-  SRCDIR=$(abs_srcdir) BUILDDIR=$(abs_builddir)
-#TESTS = $(GTKDOC_CHECK)
-endif
-