diff --git a/src/bootstrap/builder.rs b/src/bootstrap/builder.rs
index f1a160250db..186526eefc7 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/builder.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/builder.rs
@@ -561,8 +561,7 @@ pub fn execute_cli(&self) {
         self.run_step_descriptions(&Builder::get_step_descriptions(self.kind), &self.paths);
     }
 
-    pub fn default_doc(&self, paths: Option<&[PathBuf]>) {
-        let paths = paths.unwrap_or(&[]);
+    pub fn default_doc(&self, paths: &[PathBuf]) {
         self.run_step_descriptions(&Builder::get_step_descriptions(Kind::Doc), paths);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/dist.rs b/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
index af9c0fb04bc..62a8fc3505a 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) -> Option<GeneratedTarball> {
         if !builder.config.docs {
             return None;
         }
-        builder.default_doc(None);
+        builder.default_doc(&[]);
 
         let dest = "share/doc/rust/html";
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) -> Option<GeneratedTarball> {
         if !builder.config.compiler_docs {
             return None;
         }
-        builder.default_doc(None);
+        builder.default_doc(&[]);
 
         let mut tarball = Tarball::new(builder, "rustc-docs", &host.triple);
         tarball.set_product_name("Rustc Documentation");
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/test.rs b/src/bootstrap/test.rs
index d9132f20d85..7830dc82394 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/test.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/test.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) {
 
         builder.info(&format!("Linkcheck ({})", host));
 
-        builder.default_doc(None);
+        builder.default_doc(&[]);
 
         let _time = util::timeit(&builder);
         try_run(