diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/skaware/build-skaware-man-pages.nix b/pkgs/build-support/skaware/build-skaware-man-pages.nix
index a1f3977c0d56..92d8202ae95a 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/skaware/build-skaware-man-pages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/skaware/build-skaware-man-pages.nix
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 , version
   # : string
 , sha256
-  # : list (int | string)
-, sections
   # : string
 , description
   # : list Maintainer
@@ -39,10 +37,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   dontBuild = true;
 
-  preInstall = lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n"
-    (section: "mkdir -p \"${manDir}/man${builtins.toString section}\"")
-    sections;
-
   meta = with lib; {
     inherit description license maintainers;
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
diff --git a/pkgs/data/documentation/execline-man-pages/default.nix b/pkgs/data/documentation/execline-man-pages/default.nix
index 0ab5d3947099..0b1cb34bb3b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/documentation/execline-man-pages/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/documentation/execline-man-pages/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ buildManPages {
   version = "2.8.1.0.1";
   sha256 = "0d3lzxy7wv91q3nr6bw1wfmrfj285i15wmj4c8v9k9pxjg42iwwx";
   description = "Port of the documentation for the execline suite to mdoc";
-  sections = [ 1 7 ];
   maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sternenseemann ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/data/documentation/s6-man-pages/default.nix b/pkgs/data/documentation/s6-man-pages/default.nix
index 73c06bc8e0d3..583f1ff99fed 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/documentation/s6-man-pages/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/documentation/s6-man-pages/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ buildManPages {
   version = "2.11.0.0.1";
   sha256 = "00nxlpdf0kkdadyv84vj5w66y926pccqls8prkbip3zmcmnqgghs";
   description = "Port of the documentation for the s6 supervision suite to mdoc";
-  sections = [ 1 7 ];
   maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sternenseemann ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/data/documentation/s6-networking-man-pages/default.nix b/pkgs/data/documentation/s6-networking-man-pages/default.nix
index 3898418a5225..453125cc6827 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/documentation/s6-networking-man-pages/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/documentation/s6-networking-man-pages/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ buildManPages {
   version = "2.5.0.0.1";
   sha256 = "02xvyby23b2x30jxd4nw9c5629j4hdaxq9sph3qhajlhl53yiyf2";
   description = "Port of the documentation for the s6-networking suite to mdoc";
-  sections = [ 1 7 ];
   maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sternenseemann ];
 }