diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 9388998e..95018f47 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 # You can set these variables from the command line.
 SPHINXOPTS    =
-SPHINXAPI_DOC = sphinx-apidoc 
 SPHINXBUILD   = sphinx-build
 PAPER         =
 BUILDDIR      = _build
@@ -44,10 +43,6 @@ clean:
 
 
 html:
-	$(SPHINXAPI_DOC) -f -o . ../GPy 
-	@echo
-	@echo "API doc finished."
-	@echo
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/html."