diff --git a/archives/Makefile b/archives/Makefile
index 67980b35b0a6870d3df3ae8509c3177c9e37a859..41eec8f1fe4287c3d8be6880dcbcd04ba1043296 100644
--- a/archives/Makefile
+++ b/archives/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.2 2000-11-25 15:26:12 geuzaine Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.3 2003-02-11 09:31:40 geuzaine Exp $
 
 purge:
-	$(RM) $(RMFLAGS) *~
+	rm -f *~
 
diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 99b0848cce7dbeb4c8940d658cf316dd23a043c8..e23d9f286ed97401def82ff69e5850550db1c64f 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.3 2001-10-29 16:08:05 geuzaine Exp $
-
-RM      = rm
-RMFLAGS = -f
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.4 2003-02-11 09:31:40 geuzaine Exp $
 
 dvi:
 	texi2dvi gmsh.texi 
@@ -34,9 +31,7 @@ install:
 	install-info gmsh.info /usr/local/info/dir
 
 clean:
-	$(RM) $(RMFLAGS) *.cp* *.fn* *.ky* *.pg* *.tp* *.vr* *.mv* \
-                         *.log *.toc *.aux \
-                         *.dvi *.ps gmsh.pdf \
-                         *.info* gmsh-info.tgz*
+	rm -f *.cp* *.fn* *.ky* *.pg* *.tp* *.vr* *.mv* *.log *.toc\
+              *.aux *.dvi *.ps gmsh.pdf *.info* gmsh-info.tgz*