diff --git a/package/vim/vim.mk b/package/vim/vim.mk
index d250ac6b59..77d3ac35ad 100644
--- a/package/vim/vim.mk
+++ b/package/vim/vim.mk
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ define VIM_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(RM) -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/{ex,view,rvim,rview,vimdiff}
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D)/src DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) \
 		$(VIM_INSTALL_TARGETS)
-endef
-
-define VIM_REMOVE_DOCS
 	$(RM) -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/vim/vim*/doc/
 endef
 
@@ -77,10 +74,6 @@ endef
 endif
 VIM_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += VIM_INSTALL_VI_SYMLINK
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_VIM_RUNTIME),y)
-VIM_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += VIM_REMOVE_DOCS
-endif
-
 HOST_VIM_DEPENDENCIES = host-ncurses
 HOST_VIM_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-tlib=ncurses \