diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b4038cfa47..d71f052dbb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ OCIS_MODULES = \
 	services/web \
 	services/webdav\
 	ocis \
-	ocis-pkg
+	ocis-pkg \
+	docs
 
 # bin file definitions
 PHP_CS_FIXER=php -d zend.enable_gc=0 vendor-bin/owncloud-codestyle/vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 93a18b7be2..d5d3f7c01a 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ help:
 .PHONY: docs-generate
 docs-generate: ## run docs-generate for all oCIS services
 	@pushd helpers && go run .; popd
-	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C ../ docs-generate
 
 .PHONY: docs-init
 docs-init: