diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8a78a0a..dfd0ff9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ coverage: ## check code coverage quickly with the default Python
 	$(BROWSER) htmlcov/index.html
 
 docs: install ## generate Sphinx HTML documentation, including API docs
-	rm -f docs/wolfcrypt.rst
-	rm -f docs/modules.rst
 	$(MAKE) -C docs clean
 	$(MAKE) -C docs html
 	$(BROWSER) docs/_build/html/index.html