diff --git a/Doc/Makefile b/Doc/Makefile
index 2fe6c0d0de2..231e71a4594 100644
--- a/Doc/Makefile
+++ b/Doc/Makefile
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ DESTDIR=	/usr/local
 LIBDESTDIR=	$DESTDIR/lib
 LIBDEST=	$LIBDESTDIR/python
 DOCDESTDIR=	$LIBDEST/doc
-TARBALLDEST=	.
 
 # This is only used for .info generation:
 EMACS=		emacs
@@ -74,13 +73,7 @@ VERSION=1.5
 all:	all-ps
 
 all-dvi: tut.dvi lib.dvi ext.dvi api.dvi
-all-ps:
-	./texoption.sh -d openright
-	$(MAKE) tut.ps lib.ps ext.ps api.ps
-
-all-ps2:
-	./texoption.sh openright
-	$(MAKE) tut.ps lib.ps ext.ps api.ps
+all-ps:	 tut.ps lib.ps ext.ps api.ps
 
 # Individual document fake targets
 tut:	tut.ps
@@ -252,35 +245,14 @@ l2hapi: api.dvi myformat.perl
 tarhtml:
 	@echo "Did you remember to run makeMIFs.py in the ref subdirectory...?"
 	tar cf - index.html ???/???.css ???/*.html lib/*.gif icons/*.* \
-		| gzip >html-$(VERSION).tar.gz
-	if [ "$(TARBALLDEST)" != "." ] ; then \
-		mv html-$(VERSION).tar.gz $(TARBALLDEST) ; else true ; fi
+		| gzip -9 >html-$(VERSION).tar.gz
 
 tarps:	all-ps
 	cp ref/ref.ps .
-	tar cf - ???.ps | gzip >postscript-$(VERSION).tar.gz
+	tar cf - ???.ps | gzip -9 >postscript-$(VERSION).tar.gz
 	rm ref.ps
-	if [ "$(TARBALLDEST)" != "." ] ; then \
-		mv postscript-$(VERSION).tar.gz $(TARBALLDEST) ; else true ; fi
 
-tarps2:	all-ps2
-	cp ref/ref.ps .
-	tar cf - ???.ps | gzip >postscript-2sided-$(VERSION).tar.gz
-	rm ref.ps
-	if [ "$(TARBALLDEST)" != "." ] ; then \
-		mv postscript-2sided-$(VERSION).tar.gz $(TARBALLDEST) ; \
-		else true ; fi
-
-tardvi:
-	./texoption.sh -d openright
-	$(MAKE) all-dvi
-	tar cf - ???.dvi | gzip >dvi-$(VERSION).tar.gz
-	if [ "$(TARBALLDEST)" != "." ] ; then \
-		mv dvi-$(VERSION).tar.gz $(TARBALLDEST) ; else true ; fi
-
-# This can take a long time, since the documents can get formatter twice by
-# LaTeX, once with openright and once without.
-tarballs:  tardvi tarps tarps2 tarhtml
+tarballs:  tarps tarhtml
 
 
 # Housekeeping targets
@@ -292,6 +264,7 @@ clean:	l2hclean
 	rm -f @* *~ *.aux *.idx *.ilg *.ind *.log *.toc *.blg *.bbl *.pyc
 	rm -f *.texi *.info*
 	rm -f *.bak *.orig
+	rm -f html-$(VERSION).tar.gz postscript-$(VERSION).tar.gz
 
 l2hclean:
 	rm -rf api ext lib tut