diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 04dfcf850c2..6b1e4774fdb 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASEDIR = $(CURDIR)
+BASEDIR = .
 CLASSES = $(BASEDIR)/classes/ $(BASEDIR)/../modules/
 OUTPUTDIR = $(BASEDIR)/_build
 TOOLSDIR = $(BASEDIR)/tools