diff --git a/doc/Makefile.in b/doc/Makefile.in
index a2b26123..9cb584c6 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/Makefile.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 
 @MCONFIG@
 
-DVI=texi2dvi
+DVI=texi2dvi --clean
 DVIPS=dvips -o "$@"
 INFO=@MAKEINFO@
 HTML=makeinfo --html --no-split