--- a/docs/Makefile.in
+++ b/docs/Makefile.in
@@ -396,8 +396,8 @@
 gnuplot.texi $(srcdir)/gnuplot-eldoc.el $(srcdir)/gnuplot-eldoc.elc: $(srcdir)/doc2texi.el $(srcdir)/gnuplot.doc
 	@echo "Creating texinfo and eldoc strings file"
 	@if test "$(EMACS)" != no; then \
-	   @test "$(top_srcdir)" = "$(top_builddir)" || echo "COPYING GNUPLOT.DOC" ; \
-	   @test "$(top_srcdir)" = "$(top_builddir)" || cp $(srcdir)/gnuplot.doc . ; \
+	   test "$(top_srcdir)" = "$(top_builddir)" || echo "COPYING GNUPLOT.DOC" ; \
+	   test "$(top_srcdir)" = "$(top_builddir)" || cp $(srcdir)/gnuplot.doc . ; \
 	   $(EMACS) -batch -l $(srcdir)/doc2texi.el -f d2t-doc-to-texi ; \
 	   echo "Compiling gnuplot-eldoc.el" ; \
 	   $(EMACS) -batch --eval='(byte-compile-file "gnuplot-eldoc.el")' ; \