diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 283e9602..e0950c1b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ Some influential environment variables:
 
          (bindir (option-ref options 'bindir "${prefix}/bin"))
          (datadir (option-ref options 'datadir "${prefix}/share"))
-         (docdir (option-ref options 'docdir "${datadir}/doc/mes-${VERSION}"))
+         (docdir (option-ref options 'docdir "${datadir}/doc/mes"))
          (includedir (option-ref options 'includedir "${prefix}/include"))
          (libdir (option-ref options 'libdir "${prefix}/lib"))
          (pkgdatadir (string-append datadir "/mes"))
diff --git a/configure.sh b/configure.sh
index 5f165d18..9479ef93 100755
--- a/configure.sh
+++ b/configure.sh
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ else
 fi
 bindir=$(eval echo ${bindir-$prefix/bin})
 datadir=$(eval echo ${datadir-$prefix/share})
-docdir=$(eval echo ${docdir-$datadir/doc/mes-$VERSION})
+docdir=$(eval echo ${docdir-$datadir/doc/mes})
 infodir=$(eval echo ${infodir-$datadir/info})
 includedir=$(eval echo ${includedir-$prefix/include})
 libdir=$(eval echo ${libdir-$prefix/lib})