diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 1a12a24517..0b06ec4da4 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -1,82 +1,80 @@
 # Not all current distros support AM_V_P
 # https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Automake-silent_002drules-Option.html
 
 V ?= $(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY)
 
 PCMK_V = $(pcmk__v_$(V))
 pcmk__v_0 = :
 pcmk__v_1 =
 
 PCMK_quiet = $(pcmk_quiet_$(V))
 pcmk_quiet_0 = >/dev/null 2>&1
 pcmk_quiet_1 = 
 
 AM_V_XSL = $(am__v_XSL_$(V))
 am__v_XSL_0 = @echo "  XSL     " $@;
 am__v_XSL_1 = 
 
 AM_V_MAN = $(am__v_MAN_$(V))
 am__v_MAN_0 = @echo "  MAN     " $@;
 am__v_MAN_1 = 
 
 AM_V_ASCII = $(am__v_ASCII_$(V))
 am__v_ASCII_0 = @echo "  ASCII   " $@;
 am__v_ASCII_1 = 
 
 AM_V_PUB = $(am__v_PUB_$(V))
 am__v_PUB_0 = @echo "  PUB     $@: $(DOCBOOK_FORMATS)";
 am__v_PUB_1 = 
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES	= Makefile.in
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS		= -I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include   \
 			  -I$(top_builddir)/libltdl -I$(top_srcdir)/libltdl
 
 if BUILD_HELP
 man8_MANS		= $(sbin_PROGRAMS:%=%.8) $(sbin_SCRIPTS:%=%.8)
 endif
 
 %.8:	% $(MAN8DEPS)
 	chmod a+x $(abs_builddir)/$<
-	$(PCMK_V)  PATH=$(abs_builddir):$$PATH $(abs_builddir)/$< --help
-	$(PCMK_V)  PATH=$(abs_builddir):$$PATH $(abs_builddir)/$< --version
 	$(AM_V_MAN)PATH=$(abs_builddir):$$PATH $(HELP2MAN) --output $@ --no-info --section 8 --name "Part of the Pacemaker cluster resource manager" $(abs_builddir)/$<
 
 %.xml:  %
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(abs_builddir)/$< metadata > $@
 
 %.dbook: %.xml
 	$(AM_V_XSL)$(XSLTPROC) --nonet --novalid --stringparam man.name $* $(DBOOK_OPTS) $(top_srcdir)/xml/ocf-meta2man.xsl $(abs_builddir)/$< > $(abs_builddir)/$@
 
 %.7:	%.dbook
 	$(AM_V_XSL)$(XSLTPROC) $(MANPAGE_XSLT) $(abs_builddir)/$< $(PCMK_quiet)
 
 # Build docbook from asciidoc because XML is a PITA to edit
 #
 # Build each chapter as a book (since the numbering isn't right for
 # articles and only books can have appendices) and then strip out the
 # bits we don't want/need
 #
 # XXX Sequence of tr/sed commands should be replaced with a single XSLT
 #
 %.xml:  %.txt
 if IS_ASCIIDOC
 	$(AM_V_ASCII)$(ASCIIDOC_CONV) -b docbook -d book -o $@-tt $<
 else
 	$(AM_V_ASCII)$(ASCIIDOC_CONV) -b docbook45 -d book -o $@-tt $<
 endif
 	$(AM_V_at)tr -d '\036\r' <$@-tt >$@-t; rm -f $@-tt  # Fix line endings
 	$(AM_V_at)sed -i 's/\ lang="en"//' $@-t      # Never specify a language in the chapters
 	$(AM_V_at)sed -i 's/simpara/para/g' $@-t     # publican doesn't correctly render footnotes with simpara
 	$(AM_V_at)sed -i 's/.*<date>.*//g' $@-t      # Remove dangling tag
 	$(AM_V_at)sed -i 's/.*preface>//g' $@-t      # Remove preface elements
 	$(AM_V_at)sed -i 's:<title></title>::g' $@-t # Remove empty title
 	$(AM_V_at)sed -i 's/chapter/section/g' $@-t  # Chapters become sections, so that books can become chapters
 	$(AM_V_at)sed -i 's/<.*bookinfo.*>//g' $@-t  # Strip out bookinfo, we don't need it
 	$(AM_V_at)! grep -q "<appendix" $@-t || sed -i \
 	  's/.*book>//;tb;bf;:b;N;s/.*<title>.*<\/title>.*//;tb;/<appendix/{:i;n;/<\/appendix/{p;d};bi};bb;:f;p;d' \
 	  $@-t  # We just want the appendix tag (asciidoctor adds non-empty book-level title)
 	$(AM_V_at)sed -i 's/book>/chapter>/g' $@-t   # Rename to chapter (won't trigger if previous sed did)
 	$(AM_V_GEN)mv $@-t $@
 
 #	echo Rebuilt $@ from $<