diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 97f07e2530..d5f0715d1c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
.timestamp
.pyenv-*
.virtualenv
-gen/doc/
+gen/doc
*.go
*.pyc
**target/
diff --git a/src/mako/deps.mako b/src/mako/deps.mako
index 9596689d5b..c7495d2ea2 100644
--- a/src/mako/deps.mako
+++ b/src/mako/deps.mako
@@ -120,10 +120,8 @@ ${api_doc_index}: ${api_common}
${api_doc}: ${api_doc_index}
${central_api_index(crate_name)}: ${api_doc_index}
- @mkdir -p ${doc_root}
- % if make.documentation_engine == 'rustdoc':
- cp -Rf ${os.path.dirname(api_doc_root)} $(dir $@)
- % else:
+ @[[ ! -d ${doc_root} ]] && mkdir -p target/doc && ln -s `pwd`/target/doc ${doc_root} || :
+ % if make.documentation_engine == 'mkdocs':
cp -Rf ${api_doc_root} $(dir $@)
% endif
diff --git a/src/mako/index.html.mako b/src/mako/index.html.mako
index cf681fec44..4d86b94199 100644
--- a/src/mako/index.html.mako
+++ b/src/mako/index.html.mako
@@ -11,20 +11,6 @@
data = yaml.load_all(open(os.path.join(directories.api_base, 'type-%s.yaml' % api_type)))
tc[api_type] = type(directories)(data.next())
# end for each type to load cache for
-
- first_api_prefix = None
- for ad in tc.values():
- if ad.make.documentation_engine != 'rustdoc':
- continue
- for an in sorted(api.list.keys()):
- for v in api.list[an]:
- if api_index(DOC_ROOT, an, v, ad.make):
- first_api_prefix = gen_crate_dir(an, v, ad.make)
- break
- # for each version
- # for each api name
- # end for each type
- assert first_api_prefix
%>\
-
+