diff --git a/audio/libmatemixer/files/patch-Makefile.in b/audio/libmatemixer/files/patch-Makefile.in
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index 000000000000..fda7e7796efc
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+++ b/audio/libmatemixer/files/patch-Makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- Makefile.in.orig
++++ Makefile.in
+@@ -389,7 +389,6 @@ SUBDIRS = \
+ 	po                              \
+ 	libmatemixer                    \
+ 	backends                        \
+ 	data                            \
+-	docs                            \
+ 	examples