diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index a48253a8506..218e053689e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ emacs: temacs ${etc}DOC ${lisp}
 ${etc}DOC: ${libsrc}make-docfile ${obj} ${lisp}
 	rm -f ${etc}DOC
 	${libsrc}make-docfile -d ${srcdir} ${obj} ${SOME_MACHINE_OBJECTS} \
-	  ${lisp} ${lispdir}version.el > ${etc}DOC
+	  ${lisp} > ${etc}DOC
 
 ${libsrc}make-docfile:
 	cd ${libsrc}; ${MAKE} ${MFLAGS} make-docfile