diff --git a/doc/manual/book.toml b/doc/manual/book.toml
index 1d14347a4..e03bed737 100644
--- a/doc/manual/book.toml
+++ b/doc/manual/book.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ command = "python3 doc/manual/docroot.py"
 # the link preprocessor gets its hands on this book, but nope it's actually
 # the opposite.
 after = ["links"]
+before = ["anchors"]
 
 [preprocessor.anchors]
 renderers = ["html"]
diff --git a/doc/manual/local.mk b/doc/manual/local.mk
index e7c029727..5d05bbdcc 100644
--- a/doc/manual/local.mk
+++ b/doc/manual/local.mk
@@ -163,9 +163,6 @@ $(docdir)/manual/index.html: $(MANUAL_SRCS) $(d)/book.toml $(d)/anchors.jq $(d)/
 	$(trace-gen) \
 		tmp="$$(mktemp -d)"; \
 		cp -r doc/manual "$$tmp"; \
-		find "$$tmp" -name '*.md' | while read -r file; do \
-			doc/manual/process-includes.sh $$file $$file; \
-		done; \
 		set -euo pipefail; \
 		RUST_LOG=warn mdbook build "$$tmp/manual" -d $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/manual.tmp 2>&1 \
 			| { grep -Fv "because fragment resolution isn't implemented" || :; }; \