diff --git a/scripts/H5hut.build b/scripts/H5hut.build
index 37870e3..9783215 100755
--- a/scripts/H5hut.build
+++ b/scripts/H5hut.build
@@ -34,15 +34,10 @@ function em.install() {
 	make -C tools install
 }
 
-function em.install_doc() {
-	install -m 0444 \
-		AUTHORS \
-		COPYING \
-		"${DOCDIR}"
-}
 
 em.add_to_family 'HDF5'
 em.set_runtime_dependencies "${COMPILER}" "${MPI}" 'hdf5'
 em.set_build_dependencies   "autoconf" "automake" "libtool" "${COMPILER}" "${MPI}" "vtk" "hdf5"
+em.set_docfiles 'AUTHORS' 'COPYING'
 em.make_all
 
diff --git a/scripts/SuperLU_DIST.build b/scripts/SuperLU_DIST.build
index 958f55b..2f3c510 100755
--- a/scripts/SuperLU_DIST.build
+++ b/scripts/SuperLU_DIST.build
@@ -39,11 +39,9 @@ function em.install() {
 	install -m 0444 "${MODULE_SRCDIR}"/SRC/*.h "${PREFIX}/include"
 }
 
-function em.install_doc() {
-	install -m 0444 README "${DOCDIR}"
-}
 
 em.add_to_family 'MPI'
 em.set_runtime_dependencies "${COMPILER}" "${MPI}"
 em.set_build_dependencies "${COMPILER}" "${MPI}" "OpenBLAS"
+em.set_docfiles 'README'
 em.make_all
diff --git a/scripts/UMFPACK.bash b/scripts/UMFPACK.bash
index 7fc5232..0e2098b 100755
--- a/scripts/UMFPACK.bash
+++ b/scripts/UMFPACK.bash
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ function em.install() {
 	make PREFIX="${PREFIX}" install
 }
 
-function em.install_doc() {
-	:
-}
-
 em.add_to_family 'Compiler'
 em.set_runtime_dependencies "${COMPILER}" 'OpenBLAS'
 em.set_build_dependencies "${COMPILER}" 'OpenBLAS'
diff --git a/scripts/mathlib.build b/scripts/mathlib.build
index 16de08d..58e4052 100755
--- a/scripts/mathlib.build
+++ b/scripts/mathlib.build
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ function em.install() {
 	:
 }
 
-function em.install_doc() {
-	:
-}
-
 em.add_to_family 'Compiler'
 em.set_runtime_dependencies "${COMPILER}"
 em.set_build_dependencies "${COMPILER}"
diff --git a/scripts/parmetis.build b/scripts/parmetis.build
index 6ea62e3..1f1ec61 100755
--- a/scripts/parmetis.build
+++ b/scripts/parmetis.build
@@ -43,19 +43,11 @@ function em.install() {
 	:
 }
 
-function em.install_doc() {
-	install -m 0444 \
-		CHANGES \
-		INSTALL \
-		LICENSE.txt \
-		README \
-		VERSION \
-		"${DOCDIR}"
-}
 
 em.add_to_family 'MPI'
 em.set_runtime_dependencies "${COMPILER}" "${MPI}"
 em.set_build_dependencies "${COMPILER}" "${MPI}"
+em.set_docfiles 'CHANGES' 'INSTALL' 'LICENSE.txt' 'README' 'VERSION' 
 em.make_all
 em.cleanup_src