diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a077c869c..ca546d417 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ if (EXISTS performance)
   add_subdirectory (performance EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif (EXISTS performance)
 
-set (doc_FILES NEWS ChangeLog README.md INSTALL AUTHORS COPYING LICENSE)
+set (doc_FILES ChangeLog README.md INSTALL AUTHORS COPYING LICENSE)
 foreach (doc_FILE ${doc_FILES})
   install (FILES ${doc_FILE}  DESTINATION ${TASK_DOCDIR})
 endforeach (doc_FILE)