diff --git a/srcpkgs/fakeroot/template b/srcpkgs/fakeroot/template
index f32f8412cf..6ac9932da9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fakeroot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fakeroot/template
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/f/fakeroot/${pkgname}_${version}.orig.tar.bz2"
 checksum=19d3aaf0b71c04d7e4f1dcf7e05152def735b2076faee7c2c66af08d17c18db2
 
-pre_configure() {
-	# Get rid of localized manpages.
-	sed -i '/SUBDIRS/d' doc/Makefile.in
-}
 post_install() {
 	# Use /bin/sh shebang.
 	sed -i -e "s|^#!/bin/bash$|#!/bin/sh|" ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/fakeroot
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nmap/template b/srcpkgs/nmap/template
index 16615a76cd..2db34fbd75 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nmap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nmap/template
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ else
 	configure_args+=" --without-zenmap"
 fi
 
-post_install() {
-	# Get rid of localized manpages.
-	find ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '[^man]*' -exec rm -rf {} +
-}
-
 nmapfe_package() {
 	noarch=yes
 	depends="nmap>=$version desktop-file-utils pygtk"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vim/template b/srcpkgs/vim/template
index 764ff11ae0..538f2b9015 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vim/template
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ do_install() {
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/{ex,view}
 
 	find ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man -type f -name evim.1 -delete
-	# Get rid of localized manpages.
-	find ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '[^man]*' -exec rm -rf {} +
 }
 
 vim-common_package() {