diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 85d063d8f6b..46373190a6f 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ install-info: info
 	   [ -f "$(DESTDIR)${infodir}/dir" ] || \
 	      [ ! -f ${srcdir}/info/dir ] || \
 	      ${INSTALL_DATA} ${srcdir}/info/dir "$(DESTDIR)${infodir}/dir"; \
-	   info_misc=`$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -s -C doc/misc echo-info`; \
+	   info_misc=`MAKEFLAGS= $(MAKE) --no-print-directory -s -C doc/misc echo-info`; \
 	   cd ${srcdir}/info ; \
 	   for elt in ${INFO_NONMISC} $${info_misc}; do \
 	      for f in `ls $$elt $$elt-[1-9] $$elt-[1-9][0-9] 2>/dev/null`; do \
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ uninstall: uninstall-$(NTDIR) uninstall-doc
 	done
 	-rm -rf "$(DESTDIR)${libexecdir}/emacs/${version}"
 	thisdir=`/bin/pwd`; \
-	(info_misc=`$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -s -C doc/misc echo-info`; \
+	(info_misc=`MAKEFLAGS= $(MAKE) --no-print-directory -s -C doc/misc echo-info`; \
 	 if cd "$(DESTDIR)${infodir}"; then \
 	   for elt in ${INFO_NONMISC} $${info_misc}; do \
 	     (cd "$${thisdir}"; \
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ misc-dvi misc-html misc-pdf misc-ps: src
 
 info-dir: ${srcdir}/info/dir
 
-texi_misc = $(shell ${MAKE} --no-print-directory -s -C doc/misc echo-sources)
+texi_misc = $(shell MAKEFLAGS= ${MAKE} --no-print-directory -s -C doc/misc echo-sources)
 
 srcdir_doc_info_dir_inputs = \
   ${srcdir}/doc/emacs/emacs.texi \