diff --git a/doc/man/Makefile.am b/doc/man/Makefile.am
index 95e6ec9a2655f565e9e733224838f50e873b59a0..24c23cdb0096343835174855a9613713c997208d 100644
--- a/doc/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/man/Makefile.am
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ man3_MANS = man3/slurm_hostlist_create.3 \
 	man3/slurm_suspend.3 \
 	man3/slurm_terminate_job.3 \
 	man3/slurm_terminate_job_step.3 \
-	man3/slurm_trigger.3 \
 	man3/slurm_update_job.3 \
 	man3/slurm_update_node.3 \
 	man3/slurm_update_partition.3 \
diff --git a/doc/man/Makefile.in b/doc/man/Makefile.in
index 98a6982eb9238f2d4c8677bc40d8b348c35dda2c..31c9b10c181bb3dc7b9eff5d086b807343d83041 100644
--- a/doc/man/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/man/Makefile.in
@@ -389,7 +389,6 @@ man3_MANS = man3/slurm_hostlist_create.3 \
 	man3/slurm_suspend.3 \
 	man3/slurm_terminate_job.3 \
 	man3/slurm_terminate_job_step.3 \
-	man3/slurm_trigger.3 \
 	man3/slurm_update_job.3 \
 	man3/slurm_update_node.3 \
 	man3/slurm_update_partition.3 \
diff --git a/doc/man/man3/slurm_trigger.3 b/doc/man/man3/slurm_trigger.3
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000