diff --git a/community/cabal/APKBUILD b/community/cabal/APKBUILD
index b930c93436b..9574a29ad7c 100644
--- a/community/cabal/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/cabal/APKBUILD
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ url="https://haskell.org/"
 arch="x86_64" # Limited by GHC
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 depends="gmp zlib"
-makedepends="ghc gmp-dev libffi-dev zlib-dev man-db cabal-bootstrap"
+makedepends="ghc gmp-dev libffi-dev zlib-dev cabal-bootstrap"
 options="net !check" # TODO: enable tests
-subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
 source="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-install-$pkgver/cabal-install-$pkgver.tar.gz
 	cabal.project.freeze"
 builddir="$srcdir/cabal-install-$pkgver"
@@ -77,10 +76,6 @@ package() {
 	HOME="$_cabal_home" cabal list-bin --allow-newer all:exes | \
 		xargs install -Dm755 -t "$pkgdir"/usr/bin
 
-	mkdir -p "$pkgdir"/usr/share/man/man1
-	HOME="$_cabal_home" cabal man \
-		> "$pkgdir"/usr/share/man/man1/cabal.1
-
 	install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
 }