diff --git a/legacy/eet/configure.ac b/legacy/eet/configure.ac
index 375543b6ca..8df66dcc5c 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/eet/configure.ac
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ echo "  Openssl..............: ${have_openssl}"
 echo "    Cipher support.....: ${have_cipher}"
 echo "    Signature..........: ${have_signature}"
 echo
-echo "  Documentation........: ${enable_doc}"
+echo "  Documentation........: ${build_doc}"
 echo "  Tests................: ${enable_tests}"
 echo "  Coverage.............: ${enable_coverage}"
 echo
diff --git a/legacy/eet/doc/Makefile.am b/legacy/eet/doc/Makefile.am
index edaffcbd2f..aa9668cad1 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/eet/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ if EFL_BUILD_DOC
 doc-clean:
 	rm -rf html/ latex/ man/ xml/ $(PACKAGE_DOCNAME).tar*
 
-doc: all doc-clean
-	$(DOXYGEN)
+doc: doc-clean
+	$(efl_doxygen)
 	cp img/* html/
 	rm -rf $(PACKAGE_DOCNAME).tar*
 	mkdir -p $(PACKAGE_DOCNAME)/doc
diff --git a/legacy/eet/m4/efl_doxygen.m4 b/legacy/eet/m4/efl_doxygen.m4
index 49a3dfa0c4..37acb3acc2 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/m4/efl_doxygen.m4
+++ b/legacy/eet/m4/efl_doxygen.m4
@@ -11,52 +11,55 @@ dnl
 AC_DEFUN([EFL_CHECK_DOXYGEN],
 [
 
-DOXYGEN="doxygen"
-
 dnl
 dnl Disable the build of the documentation
 dnl
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([doc],
-   AC_HELP_STRING(
-      [--disable-doc],
-      [Disable the build of the documentation]),
-   [if test "${disable_doc}" = "yes" ; then
-       enable_doc="no"
+   [AC_HELP_STRING(
+       [--disable-doc],
+       [Disable documentation build @<:@default=enabled@:>@])],
+   [
+    if test "x${enableval}" = "xyes" ; then
+       efl_enable_doc="yes"
     else
-       enable_doc="yes"
-    fi],
-   [enable_doc="yes"]
+       efl_enable_doc="no"
+    fi
+   ],
+   [efl_enable_doc="yes"]
 )
 
 dnl
 dnl Specify the full file name, with path
 dnl
+
+efl_doxygen="doxygen"
+
 AC_ARG_WITH([doxygen],
-   AC_HELP_STRING(
-      [--with-doxygen=FILE],
-      [doxygen program to use @<:@default=doxygen@:>@]),
+   [AC_HELP_STRING(
+       [--with-doxygen=FILE],
+       [doxygen program to use @<:@default=doxygen@:>@])],
    dnl
    dnl Check the given doxygen program.
    dnl
    [DOXYGEN=${withval}
-    AC_CHECK_PROG([BUILD_DOCS],
-       [${DOXYGEN}],
+    AC_CHECK_PROG([efl_have_doxygen],
+       [${efl_doxygen}],
        [yes],
        [no])
-    if test "x${BUILD_DOCS}" = "xno" ; then
+    if test "x${efl_have_doxygen}" = "xno" ; then
        echo "WARNING:"
        echo "The doxygen program you specified:"
-       echo "$DOXYGEN"
+       echo "$efl_doxygen"
        echo "was not found.  Please check the path and make sure "
        echo "the program exists and is executable."
        AC_MSG_WARN([Warning: no doxygen detected. Documentation will not be built])
     fi
    ],
-   [AC_CHECK_PROG([BUILD_DOCS],
-       [${DOXYGEN}],
+   [AC_CHECK_PROG([efl_have_doxygen],
+       [${efl_doxygen}],
        [yes],
        [no])
-    if test "x${BUILD_DOCS}" = "xno" ; then
+    if test "x${efl_have_doxygen}" = "xno" ; then
        echo "WARNING:"
        echo "The doxygen program was not found in your execute"
        echo "You may have doxygen installed somewhere not covered by your path."
@@ -73,11 +76,15 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([doxygen],
 dnl
 dnl Substitution
 dnl
-AC_SUBST([DOXYGEN])
+AC_SUBST([efl_doxygen])
 
-AM_CONDITIONAL(EFL_BUILD_DOC, test "x${BUILD_DOCS}" = "xyes")
+if ! test "x${efl_have_doxygen}" = "xyes" ; then
+   efl_enable_doc="no"
+fi
 
-if test "x${BUILD_DOCS}" = "xyes" ; then
+AM_CONDITIONAL(EFL_BUILD_DOC, test "x${efl_enable_doc}" = "xyes")
+
+if test "x${efl_enable_doc}" = "xyes" ; then
   ifelse([$1], , :, [$1])
 else
   ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])