diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 39b101907e..098236fed8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,17 +27,12 @@ clean: ## archive and delete most git-ignored files
 
 SWAGGER = docs/lms-openapi.yaml
 
-docs: guides technical-docs ## build all the developer documentation for this repository
+docs: swagger guides technical-docs ## build the documentation for this repository
+	$(MAKE) -C docs html
 
 swagger: ## generate the swagger.yaml file
 	DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=docs.docs_settings python manage.py lms generate_swagger --generator-class=edx_api_doc_tools.ApiSchemaGenerator -o $(SWAGGER)
 
-technical-docs:  ## build the technical docs
-	$(MAKE) -C docs/technical html
-
-guides:	swagger ## build the developer guide docs
-	cd docs/guides; make clean html
-
 extract_translations: ## extract localizable strings from sources
 	i18n_tool extract --no-segment -v
 	cd conf/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES && msgcat djangojs.po underscore.po -o djangojs.po