diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index d97c355d5..d747fe758 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ latex: $(LATEX)
 	csplit -s -f $@ $@01 '/<\/body>/'
 	mv $@00 $@
 	rm $@01
-%.html: %.mdwn header.html footer.html Makefile
-	$(PANDOC) -s --toc -f markdown -o $@ header.html $< footer.html
+%.html: %.mdwn Makefile
+	$(PANDOC) -s --toc -f markdown -o $@ $<
 
 hacking.html: hacking.mdwn ../TODO Makefile
 	$(PANDOC) -s --toc -o $@ -f markdown hacking.mdwn ../TODO
diff --git a/doc/footer.html b/doc/footer.html
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/doc/header.html b/doc/header.html
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000