diff --git a/extra/pcre/build b/extra/pcre/build
index 1c633f65..4ee3fae2 100755
--- a/extra/pcre/build
+++ b/extra/pcre/build
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 make
 make DESTDIR="$1" install
 
-rm -rf "${1:?}/usr/share"
+rm -rf "$1/usr/share/doc"