diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4a093870..b96dfa0e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,13 +23,9 @@ help:
 # doc/source is the root of the rst files; the ../.. components effectively
 # counter the cd doc/source to place the docs at the schemas root
 .PHONY: docs
-docs: docs-schemas
+docs:
 	cd doc/source; sphinx-build -b html -d ../../${BUILD_DIR}/doctrees . ../../${BUILD_DIR}/html
 
-#=> docs-schema -- generate rst files from avdl
-docs-schemas:
-	make -C doc/source/schemas default
-
 .PHONY: package
 package:
 	mvn package
@@ -38,10 +34,7 @@ package:
 .PHONY: clean cleaner cleanest
 clean:
 	find . -regex '.*\(~\|\.bak\)' -print0 | xargs -0r /bin/rm -v
-	make -C doc/source/schemas $@
 cleaner: clean
-	make -C doc/source/schemas $@
 cleanest: cleaner
 	find . -regex '.*\(\.orig\)' -print0 | xargs -0r /bin/rm -v
 	rm -fr target
-	make -C doc/source/schemas $@
diff --git a/doc/source/schemas/Makefile b/doc/source/schemas/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 292ecb69..00000000
--- a/doc/source/schemas/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-# proto-to-rst Makefile
-#
-# GA4GH schema docs are generated from proto comments.  The process is
-# coordinated by this Makefile in these steps:
-#   * All .proto files are converted to .json using the
-#   protoc json plugin `tools/sphinx/my-plugin.py`.
-#   * All .json files are converted to .rst using a python script in
-#   schemas/tools.
-
-
-.PHONY: FORCE
-.SUFFIXES:
-.DELETE_ON_ERROR:
-
-CACHE_DIR:=${HOME}/.cache/ga4gh
-JSON_DIR:=/tmp/ga4gh-${UID}/json
-PROTO_BASE_DIR:=../../../src/main/proto
-PROTO_DIR:=${PROTO_BASE_DIR}/ga4gh
-
-AVPR2REST_PATH:=../../../tools/sphinx/protodoc2rst.py
-PROTOC_PLUGIN_PATH:=../../../tools/sphinx/protobuf-json-docs.py
-
-PROTO_BASENAMES:=$(subst ${PROTO_DIR}/,,$(wildcard ${PROTO_DIR}/*.proto))
-AVPR_BASENAMES:=${PROTO_BASENAMES:.proto=.proto.json}
-RST_BASENAMES:=${PROTO_BASENAMES:.proto=.rst}
-
-
-default: ${RST_BASENAMES}
-
-%.proto.json: ${PROTO_DIR}/%.proto
-	mkdir -p ${JSON_DIR}
-	protoc --proto_path ${PROTO_BASE_DIR} --plugin=protoc-gen-custom=${PROTOC_PLUGIN_PATH} --custom_out=${JSON_DIR} $<
-
-%.rst: %.proto.json
-	python ${AVPR2REST_PATH} ${JSON_DIR}/ga4gh/$< .
-
-.PHONY: clean cleaner cleanest
-clean:
-	/bin/rm -f *~
-cleaner: clean
-	/bin/rm -f *.avpr
-cleanest: cleaner
-	/bin/rm -f ${RST_BASENAMES}
\ No newline at end of file