diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aefd005f4..d10bd9dbf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -77,19 +77,22 @@ run:  buildenv pyenvinstall
 # docs
 # ----
 
+sphinx-doc-prebuilds:: buildenv pyenvinstall prebuild-includes
+
 PHONY += docs
-docs:  buildenv pyenvinstall sphinx-doc prebuild-includes
+docs:  sphinx-doc-prebuilds sphinx-doc
 	$(call cmd,sphinx,html,docs,docs)
 
-PHONY += docs-live prebuild-includes
-docs-live:  buildenv pyenvinstall sphinx-live prebuild-includes
+PHONY += docs-live
+docs-live:  sphinx-doc-prebuilds sphinx-live
 	$(call cmd,sphinx_autobuild,html,docs,docs)
 
+PHONY += prebuild-includes
 prebuild-includes:
-	@mkdir -p $(DOCS_BUILD)/includes
-	@./utils/searx.sh doc | cat > $(DOCS_BUILD)/includes/searx.rst
-	@./utils/filtron.sh doc | cat > $(DOCS_BUILD)/includes/filtron.rst
-	@./utils/morty.sh doc | cat > $(DOCS_BUILD)/includes/morty.rst
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $(DOCS_BUILD)/includes
+	$(Q)./utils/searx.sh doc | cat > $(DOCS_BUILD)/includes/searx.rst
+	$(Q)./utils/filtron.sh doc | cat > $(DOCS_BUILD)/includes/filtron.rst
+	$(Q)./utils/morty.sh doc | cat > $(DOCS_BUILD)/includes/morty.rst
 
 
 $(GH_PAGES)::
diff --git a/utils/makefile.sphinx b/utils/makefile.sphinx
index fd4c3a6f1..1b0f42ccb 100644
--- a/utils/makefile.sphinx
+++ b/utils/makefile.sphinx
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ SPHINXOPTS  ?=
 SPHINXBUILD ?= $(PY_ENV_BIN)/sphinx-build
 SPHINX_CONF ?= conf.py
 
-DOCS_FOLDER = ./$(LXC_ENV_FOLDER)docs
+DOCS_FOLDER = ./docs
 DOCS_BUILD  = ./$(LXC_ENV_FOLDER)build/docs
 DOCS_DIST   = ./$(LXC_ENV_FOLDER)dist/docs
 GH_PAGES    ?= gh-pages
 
-BOOKS_FOLDER = ./$(LXC_ENV_FOLDER)docs
+BOOKS_FOLDER = ./docs
 BOOKS_DIST   = ./$(LXC_ENV_FOLDER)dist/books
 
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_VERBOSE),1)
@@ -56,11 +56,13 @@ docs-help:
 # requirements
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-sphinx-doc: $(PY_ENV)
+sphinx-doc-prebuilds:: $(PY_ENV)
+
+sphinx-doc: sphinx-doc-prebuilds
 	@echo "PYENV     installing Sphinx$(SPHINXVERS)"
 	$(Q)$(PY_ENV_BIN)/pip install $(PIP_VERBOSE) 'Sphinx$(SPHINXVERS)'
 
-sphinx-live: $(PY_ENV)
+sphinx-live: sphinx-doc-prebuilds
 	@echo "PYENV     installing Sphinx$(SPHINXVERS)"
 	$(Q)$(PY_ENV_BIN)/pip install $(PIP_VERBOSE) 'Sphinx$(SPHINXVERS)' sphinx-autobuild
 
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ quiet_cmd_sphinx_clean = CLEAN     $@
 # targets
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# build PDF of whole documentation in: $(DOCS_DIST)/pdf 
+# build PDF of whole documentation in: $(DOCS_DIST)/pdf
 
 PHONY += sphinx-pdf
 sphinx-pdf: sphinx-latex