diff --git a/x11-toolkits/gtk--2/pkg-plist b/x11-toolkits/gtk--2/pkg-plist
index 2f3b2fcc6ac2..225d3b3fb86f 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/gtk--2/pkg-plist
+++ b/x11-toolkits/gtk--2/pkg-plist
@@ -2378,6 +2378,8 @@ share/doc/gtkmm-2.0/docs/tutorial/html/index.html
 @dirrm share/doc/gtkmm-2.0/docs
 @dirrm share/doc/gtkmm-2.0
 @dirrm share/devhelp/books/gtkmm-2.0
+@unexec /bin/rmdir %D/share/devhelp/books 2> /dev/null || /usr/bin/true
+@unexec /bin/rmdir %D/share/devhelp 2> /dev/null || /usr/bin/true
 @dirrm lib/gtkmm-2.0/proc/pm
 @dirrm lib/gtkmm-2.0/proc/m4
 @dirrm lib/gtkmm-2.0/proc
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/gtkmm20/pkg-plist b/x11-toolkits/gtkmm20/pkg-plist
index 2f3b2fcc6ac2..225d3b3fb86f 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/gtkmm20/pkg-plist
+++ b/x11-toolkits/gtkmm20/pkg-plist
@@ -2378,6 +2378,8 @@ share/doc/gtkmm-2.0/docs/tutorial/html/index.html
 @dirrm share/doc/gtkmm-2.0/docs
 @dirrm share/doc/gtkmm-2.0
 @dirrm share/devhelp/books/gtkmm-2.0
+@unexec /bin/rmdir %D/share/devhelp/books 2> /dev/null || /usr/bin/true
+@unexec /bin/rmdir %D/share/devhelp 2> /dev/null || /usr/bin/true
 @dirrm lib/gtkmm-2.0/proc/pm
 @dirrm lib/gtkmm-2.0/proc/m4
 @dirrm lib/gtkmm-2.0/proc
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/gtkmm24/pkg-plist b/x11-toolkits/gtkmm24/pkg-plist
index 985008fe4126..c7e55049f40e 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/gtkmm24/pkg-plist
+++ b/x11-toolkits/gtkmm24/pkg-plist
@@ -2077,8 +2077,8 @@ libdata/pkgconfig/pangomm-1.4.pc
 %%EXAMPLES%%@dirrm share/doc/gtkmm-%%API_VERSION%%/examples
 @unexec /bin/rmdir %D/share/doc/gtkmm-%%API_VERSION%% 2>/dev/null || /usr/bin/true
 %%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm share/devhelp/books/gtkmm-%%API_VERSION%%
-%%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm share/devhelp/books
-%%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm share/devhelp
+%%PORTDOCS%%@unexec /bin/rmdir %D/share/devhelp/books 2> /dev/null || /usr/bin/true
+%%PORTDOCS%%@unexec /bin/rmdir %D/share/devhelp 2> /dev/null || /usr/bin/true
 @dirrm lib/gtkmm-%%API_VERSION%%/proc/m4
 @dirrm lib/gtkmm-%%API_VERSION%%/proc
 @dirrm lib/gtkmm-%%API_VERSION%%/include
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/gtkmm30/pkg-plist b/x11-toolkits/gtkmm30/pkg-plist
index 2f3b2fcc6ac2..225d3b3fb86f 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/gtkmm30/pkg-plist
+++ b/x11-toolkits/gtkmm30/pkg-plist
@@ -2378,6 +2378,8 @@ share/doc/gtkmm-2.0/docs/tutorial/html/index.html
 @dirrm share/doc/gtkmm-2.0/docs
 @dirrm share/doc/gtkmm-2.0
 @dirrm share/devhelp/books/gtkmm-2.0
+@unexec /bin/rmdir %D/share/devhelp/books 2> /dev/null || /usr/bin/true
+@unexec /bin/rmdir %D/share/devhelp 2> /dev/null || /usr/bin/true
 @dirrm lib/gtkmm-2.0/proc/pm
 @dirrm lib/gtkmm-2.0/proc/m4
 @dirrm lib/gtkmm-2.0/proc