diff --git a/cde/debian/rules b/cde/debian/rules
index bb4b22fd0..9af271211 100755
--- a/cde/debian/rules
+++ b/cde/debian/rules
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #make clean cleans everything except the doc directory for some reason
 override_dh_auto_clean:
 	$(MAKE) clean
-	$(MAKE) clean.doc
+	#$(MAKE) clean.doc
 
 #make World needs to be called, not just make
 override_dh_auto_build: