diff --git a/dev-cpp/gflags/gflags-9999.ebuild b/dev-cpp/gflags/gflags-9999.ebuild
index aba9ef3c3996b..da82cc017472f 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/gflags/gflags-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/gflags/gflags-9999.ebuild
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE="static-libs"
 
+# AUTHORS.txt only links the google group
+DOCS=( ChangeLog.txt README.md )
+
 multilib_src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
@@ -27,9 +30,3 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 	)
 	cmake-utils_src_configure
 }
-
-multilib_src_install_all() {
-	rm -rf "${ED}"/usr/share/doc
-	dodoc {AUTHORS,ChangeLog,NEWS,README}.txt
-	dohtml doc/*
-}