diff --git a/cde/doc/en_US.UTF-8/Makefile.am b/cde/doc/en_US.UTF-8/Makefile.am
index a8b049e27..08b152303 100644
--- a/cde/doc/en_US.UTF-8/Makefile.am
+++ b/cde/doc/en_US.UTF-8/Makefile.am
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
 
-if !NETBSD
 SUBDIRS = m-guides man guides help
-else
-# building the guides on netbsd (9.2) doesn't work currently
-SUBDIRS = m-guides man help
-endif