diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2b01e42bcb4..702f71eda23 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -102,9 +102,11 @@ multiversion-with-api: Makefile
sphinx-multiversion $(SPHINXOPTS) $(SOURCEDIR) $(BUILDDIR)/html
@echo Step 3: Deleting temporary commits
./make_help_scripts/delete_tmp_commits.py
- @echo Step 4: Building multiverison API
+ @echo Step 4: Cleanup subrepos, just to be sure
+ ./make_help_scripts/delete_sub_repos.py
+ @echo Step 5: Building multiversion API
./make_help_scripts/create_api_multi_version.py
- @echo Step 5: Create correct index
+ @echo Step 6: Create correct index
@echo "" > "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/index.html
.PHONY: help Makefile html-with-errors html-with-api multiversion multiversion-with-api multiversion-with-errors html-all-subrepos html-all-subrepos-with-api html-all-subrepos-with-errors linkcheck-all-subrepos-with-api
diff --git a/make_help_scripts/deploy_defines.py b/make_help_scripts/deploy_defines.py
index b68b0aee53e..b4139d0842a 100644
--- a/make_help_scripts/deploy_defines.py
+++ b/make_help_scripts/deploy_defines.py
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ def add_pr_stats_file():
with open(os.path.join(pr_stats_target_folder, pr_stats_filename), 'w') as f:
f.write("No pr statistics available yet.")
-# definition single html
-# the branch from which the api is checked out and built
-api_branch = "master"
-
# definitions for multiversion
# branches on which the temporary commits are created
# {"branch checked out for multiversion": "branch checked out for all subrepos with maps below"}