diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dc4002b6a..e5cd6f127 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ dnl Export the AR macro so that it will be placed in the libtool file
 dnl correctly.
 export AR
 
-AC_PROG_MKDIR_P
-AC_SUBST(MKDIR_P)
-
 echo
 echo ---------------------------------------------
 echo testing make
diff --git a/doc/docutils/Makefile.am b/doc/docutils/Makefile.am
index 28e175dc4..2ee8d7991 100644
--- a/doc/docutils/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/docutils/Makefile.am
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ SPHINX_PYTHONPATH = $(prefix)/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/site-packages/salome:$
 SPHINX_LD_LIBRARY_PATH = $(OMNIORB_ROOT)/lib
 
 htm:
-	$(MKDIR_P) html doctrees
+	mkdir -p html doctrees
 	PYTHONPATH=$(SPHINX_PYTHONPATH):${PYTHONPATH}; \
 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(SPHINX_LD_LIBRARY_PATH):${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}; \
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -W -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) html
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ htm:
 	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in html."
 
 latex:
-	$(MKDIR_P) latex doctrees
+	mkdir -p latex doctrees
 	PYTHONPATH=$(SPHINX_PYTHONPATH):${PYTHONPATH}; \
 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(SPHINX_LD_LIBRARY_PATH):${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}; \
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -W -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) latex
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ latex:
 	      "run these through (pdf)latex."
 
 html:
-	$(MKDIR_P) $@
+	mkdir -p $@
 
 RSTFILES= \
 	index.rst \
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST+= \
 	conf.py 
 
 install-data-local: html/index.html
-	test -z $(pydocdir) || $(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(pydocdir)
+	test -z $(pydocdir) || mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(pydocdir)
 	if test -d "html"; then b=; else b="$(srcdir)/"; fi; \
 	cp -rf $$b"html"/* $(pydocdir) ; \
 	if test -f $$b"latex"/geompy.pdf; then cp -f $$b"latex"/geompy.pdf $(pydocdir) ; fi;