diff --git a/docs/libnm-glib/Makefile.am b/docs/libnm-glib/Makefile.am
index dab2e3f7f7..ff84f7161c 100644
--- a/docs/libnm-glib/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/libnm-glib/Makefile.am
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += version.xml.in meson.build
 CLEANFILES += \
 	libnm-glib-sections.txt \
 	libnm-glib-overrides.txt \
+	libnm-glib.actions \
 	html/* \
 	tmpl/* \
 	xml/*
diff --git a/docs/libnm-util/Makefile.am b/docs/libnm-util/Makefile.am
index 5b8d7260ab..e07957ae33 100644
--- a/docs/libnm-util/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/libnm-util/Makefile.am
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += version.xml.in meson.build
 CLEANFILES += \
 	libnm-util-sections.txt \
 	libnm-util-overrides.txt \
+	libnm-util.actions \
 	html/* \
 	tmpl/* \
 	xml/*
diff --git a/docs/libnm/Makefile.am b/docs/libnm/Makefile.am
index 757deec6ed..bf32dd7e8a 100644
--- a/docs/libnm/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/libnm/Makefile.am
@@ -92,12 +92,11 @@ EXTRA_DIST += version.xml.in meson.build
 CLEANFILES += \
 	libnm-sections.txt \
 	libnm-overrides.txt \
+	libnm.actions \
 	html/* \
 	tmpl/* \
 	xml/*
 
-DISTCLEANFILES = libnm.actions
-
 if GTK_DOC_BUILD_HTML
 check-local-gtk-doc-patch:
 	@if grep -q -F '<a href="libnm-nm-setting-user.html">nm-setting-user</a>' "$(top_builddir)/docs/libnm/html/index.html"; then \