diff --git a/cmake/make_dist.cmake.in b/cmake/make_dist.cmake.in
index 235c0cb3b4a6..b6e6b23f731c 100644
--- a/cmake/make_dist.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/make_dist.cmake.in
@@ -142,18 +142,6 @@ IF(NOT EXISTS ${PACKAGE_DIR}/Docs/INFO_SRC)
   CREATE_INFO_SRC(${PACKAGE_DIR}/Docs)
 ENDIF()
 
-# Add xtrabackup man pages
-SET(MAN_BIN_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/storage/innobase/xtrabackup/doc/source/build/man)
-SET(MAN_PKG_DIR ${PACKAGE_DIR}/storage/innobase/xtrabackup/doc/source/build/man)
-
-IF(EXISTS ${MAN_BIN_DIR})
-  FILE(GLOB MAN_FILES RELATIVE ${MAN_BIN_DIR} ${MAN_BIN_DIR}/*.1)
-  FOREACH(MAN_FILE ${MAN_FILES})
-    CONFIGURE_FILE(${MAN_BIN_DIR}/${MAN_FILE}
-      ${MAN_PKG_DIR}/${MAN_FILE} COPYONLY)
-  ENDFOREACH()
-ENDIF()
-
 # In case we used CPack, it could have copied some
 # extra files that are not usable on different machines.
 FILE(REMOVE ${PACKAGE_DIR}/CMakeCache.txt)
diff --git a/man/CMakeLists.txt b/man/CMakeLists.txt
index 673aaabaca3d..520efe5e343c 100644
--- a/man/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/man/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ FILE(GLOB MAN1_NDB ndb*.1)
 FILE(GLOB MAN8 *.8)
 FILE(GLOB MAN8_NDB ndb*.8)
 
+IF (WITH_XTRABACKUP)
+  RETURN()
+ENDIF()
+
 IF(MAN1_NDB AND NOT WITH_NDB)
   LIST(REMOVE_ITEM MAN1 ${MAN1_NDB})
 ENDIF()
diff --git a/sql/CMakeLists.txt b/sql/CMakeLists.txt
index 24a1f0082eab..b46aa43cddde 100644
--- a/sql/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sql/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1237,10 +1237,6 @@ ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(dist
   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
 )
 
-IF(WITH_MAN_PAGES)
-  ADD_DEPENDENCIES(dist man)
-ENDIF()
-
 ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(distclean
   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo  WARNING: distclean target is not functional
   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo  Use 'git clean -fdx' instead