diff --git a/docs/makefile.html b/docs/makefile.html
index f540e974..b35e5e9d 100644
--- a/docs/makefile.html
+++ b/docs/makefile.html
@@ -93,13 +93,8 @@ ready to ask apt to do real work for us.</p>
 <p>Using debootstrap and the task file specified, generate a "raw"
 (i.e. not cleanly formatted) list of the packages desired.</p>
 
-<h3><code>$(BDIR)/rawlist.exclude:</code></h3>
-<p>Using user-specified exclude lists, generate a rawlist of packages
-that <strong>must not</strong> go into the images.</p>
-
-<h3><code>genlist:</code>, <code>$(BDIR)/list</code> and
-<code>$(BDIR)/list.exclude</code></h3>
-<p>Clean up the rawlist and rawlist.exclude files ready for use.</p>
+<h3><code>genlist:</code>, <code>$(BDIR)/list</code>
+<p>Clean up the rawlist files ready for use.</p>
 
 <h2>Tree and image building</h2>
 
diff --git a/tools/make_disc_trees.pl b/tools/make_disc_trees.pl
index 9f7dc10b..594bb444 100755
--- a/tools/make_disc_trees.pl
+++ b/tools/make_disc_trees.pl
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ if (defined($ENV{'EXTRANONFREE'})) {
 }
 	
 my $list = "$tdir/list";
-my $list_ex = "$tdir/list.exclude";
 my $bdir = "$tdir/$codename";
 my $log = "$bdir/make_disc_tree.log";
 open(LOG, ">> $log") or die ("Can't open logfile $log for writing: $!\n");