diff --git a/gnu/packages/tls.scm b/gnu/packages/tls.scm
index 5409214f2c..dcc4c4854a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tls.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tls.scm
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ required structures.")
                                        (string-append target "/"
                                                       (basename file))))
                         (find-files man3))
+              (delete-file-recursively man3)
               #t)))
         (add-before
          'patch-source-shebangs 'patch-tests