diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a7d5f4db66726c2f29b643e296fcea401fdb6449..b9fa825763f21a1574d394ce5d58b8b4c25b5b8f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ help:
 # Catch-all target: route all unknown targets to Sphinx using the new
 # "make mode" option.  $(O) is meant as a shortcut for $(SPHINXOPTS).
 %: Makefile
-	@$(SPHINXAPI) -o $(SOURCEDIR) $(SPHINXAPISRC)
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
+