diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/Makefile b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/Makefile
index ccd41e11b3..0cc8c6944c 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/Makefile
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/Makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ _ARM?=		BANANAPI \
 . endfor
 .endfor
 
-_hardware?=	hardware
+#_hardware?=	hardware
+_hardware=	# empty
 .if !defined(MAN4DIR) || empty(MAN4DIR)
 . if exists(${DOC_PREFIX}/../src/share/man/man4)
 MAN4DIR=	${DOC_PREFIX}/../src/share/man/man4