diff --git a/debian/_base/applications/mplayerthumbs/debian/docs b/debian/_base/applications/mplayerthumbs/debian/docs
index c17f03764..6f12db508 100644
--- a/debian/_base/applications/mplayerthumbs/debian/docs
+++ b/debian/_base/applications/mplayerthumbs/debian/docs
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 AUTHORS
-NEWS
 README
-TODO
diff --git a/ubuntu/_base/applications/mplayerthumbs/debian/docs b/ubuntu/_base/applications/mplayerthumbs/debian/docs
index c17f03764..6f12db508 100644
--- a/ubuntu/_base/applications/mplayerthumbs/debian/docs
+++ b/ubuntu/_base/applications/mplayerthumbs/debian/docs
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 AUTHORS
-NEWS
 README
-TODO