--- evemu-1.2.0/configure.ac
+++ evemu-1.2.0/configure.ac
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@
 AC_ARG_VAR([ASCIIDOC], [Path to asciidoc command])
 AC_PATH_PROG([ASCIIDOC], [asciidoc])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_DOCTOOLS], [test "x$XMLTO" != "x" && test "x$ASCIIDOC" != "x"])
-if test "x$XMLTO" = "x" || test "x$ASCIIDOC" = "x"; then
-	AC_MSG_WARN([xmlto or asciidoc not found - cannot create man pages without it])
-fi
 
 AC_SUBST(AM_CFLAGS,
          "-Wall -Wextra -pedantic")
--- evemu-1.2.0/tools/Makefile.am
+++ evemu-1.2.0/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 evemu_describe_SOURCES = evemu-record.c find_event_devices.c find_event_devices.h
 evemu_record_SOURCES = evemu-record.c find_event_devices.c find_event_devices.h
 
-# man page generation
-if HAVE_DOCTOOLS
 # actual man pages
 man_pages_sources = evemu-describe.txt evemu-device.txt
 # shadow man pages
@@ -24,6 +22,8 @@
 
 man_pages = $(man_pages_sources:.txt=.1) $(man_pages_shadows)
 
+# man page generation
+if HAVE_DOCTOOLS
 $(man_pages_shadows): $(man_pages_sources:.txt=.1)
 
 SUFFIXES = .1 .txt .xml
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
 
 .txt.xml:
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(ASCIIDOC) -b docbook -d manpage -o $@ $<
+endif
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(man_pages_sources)
 dist_man_MANS = $(man_pages)
 CLEANFILES = $(dist_man_MANS)
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = $(man_pages) *.xml
-endif