diff --git a/x11-libs/libxau/libxau-1.0.8.recipe b/x11-libs/libxau/libxau-1.0.8.recipe
index 0998b0b47..02b904e5c 100644
--- a/x11-libs/libxau/libxau-1.0.8.recipe
+++ b/x11-libs/libxau/libxau-1.0.8.recipe
@@ -56,21 +56,21 @@ defineDebugInfoPackage libxau$secondaryArchSuffix \
 BUILD()
 {
 	autoreconf -vfi
-	runConfigure ./configure
+	runConfigure --omit-dirs docDir ./configure --docdir=$developDocDir
 	make $jobArgs
 }
 
 INSTALL()
 {
 	make install
-	install -d -m 755 "$docDir"
-	install -m 644 -t "$docDir" README
+	install -d -m 755 "$developDocDir"
+	install -m 644 -t "$developDocDir" README
 
 	prepareInstalledDevelLib libXau
 	fixPkgconfig
 
 	if [ -n "$secondaryArchSuffix" ]; then
-		rm -rf $documentationDir/man
+		rm -rf $manDir
 		maybe_manDir_man3=
 	else
 		maybe_manDir_man3=$manDir/man3
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ INSTALL()
 	packageEntries devel \
 		$developDir \
 		$maybe_manDir_man3
+
+#	remove the empty $documentationDir on primary architecture
+	rm -fr $documentationDir
 }
 
 TEST()