diff --git a/x11-misc/lightdm/lightdm-1.21.0-r1.ebuild b/x11-misc/lightdm/lightdm-1.21.0-r1.ebuild
index be7ace1a96d3f..10372470e1f68 100644
--- a/x11-misc/lightdm/lightdm-1.21.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/x11-misc/lightdm/lightdm-1.21.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(use_enable qt5 liblightdm-qt5) \
 		--with-user-session=${_session} \
 		--with-greeter-session=${_greeter} \
-		--with-greeter-user=${_user} \
-		--with-html-dir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html
+		--with-greeter-user=${_user}
 }
 
 src_install() {