diff --git a/R/create-docs.sh b/R/create-docs.sh
index af47c0863bdd01e15991af57df225370bc964a42..6a4687b06ecb9ae66979d1180c07f3c7075e7e7d 100755
--- a/R/create-docs.sh
+++ b/R/create-docs.sh
@@ -30,10 +30,7 @@ set -e
 export FWDIR="$(cd "`dirname "$0"`"; pwd)"
 pushd $FWDIR
 
-# Generate Rd file
-Rscript -e 'library(devtools); devtools::document(pkg="./pkg", roclets=c("rd"))'
-
-# Install the package
+# Install the package (this will also generate the Rd files)
 ./install-dev.sh
 
 # Now create HTML files
diff --git a/R/install-dev.sh b/R/install-dev.sh
index b9e25270359945ff278decbb38f2097fa6aa507d..1edd551f8d24398ea1fd55f3c93a94a5a0701ab3 100755
--- a/R/install-dev.sh
+++ b/R/install-dev.sh
@@ -34,5 +34,12 @@ LIB_DIR="$FWDIR/lib"
 
 mkdir -p $LIB_DIR
 
-# Install R
+pushd $FWDIR
+
+# Generate Rd files if devtools is installed
+Rscript -e ' if("devtools" %in% rownames(installed.packages())) { library(devtools); devtools::document(pkg="./pkg", roclets=c("rd")) }'
+
+# Install SparkR to $LIB_DIR
 R CMD INSTALL --library=$LIB_DIR $FWDIR/pkg/
+
+popd
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index e35694e9e98b413d2ae3af6de9667d5efbd1daea..40a64beccdc240d41943a236a5d10493d2c6dff4 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -481,29 +481,6 @@
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>sparkr-docs</id>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-            <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>sparkr-pkg-docs</id>
-                <phase>compile</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>exec</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-            <configuration>
-              <executable>..${path.separator}R${path.separator}create-docs${script.extension}</executable>
-            </configuration>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
   </profiles>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/dev/create-release/create-release.sh b/dev/create-release/create-release.sh
index 0b14a618e755c54a8b848c4a3a769c288d8617f5..54274a83f6d664b6f0479aca230c2856503a9b83 100755
--- a/dev/create-release/create-release.sh
+++ b/dev/create-release/create-release.sh
@@ -228,14 +228,14 @@ if [[ ! "$@" =~ --skip-package ]]; then
 
   # We increment the Zinc port each time to avoid OOM's and other craziness if multiple builds
   # share the same Zinc server.
-  make_binary_release "hadoop1" "-Psparkr -Psparkr-docs -Phadoop-1 -Phive -Phive-thriftserver" "3030" &
-  make_binary_release "hadoop1-scala2.11" "-Psparkr -Psparkr-docs -Phadoop-1 -Phive -Dscala-2.11" "3031" &
-  make_binary_release "cdh4" "-Psparkr -Psparkr-docs -Phadoop-1 -Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Dhadoop.version=2.0.0-mr1-cdh4.2.0" "3032" &
-  make_binary_release "hadoop2.3" "-Psparkr -Psparkr-docs  -Phadoop-2.3 -Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Pyarn" "3033" &
-  make_binary_release "hadoop2.4" "-Psparkr -Psparkr-docs -Phadoop-2.4 -Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Pyarn" "3034" &
-  make_binary_release "mapr3" "-Pmapr3 -Psparkr -Psparkr-docs -Phive -Phive-thriftserver" "3035" &
-  make_binary_release "mapr4" "-Pmapr4 -Psparkr -Psparkr-docs -Pyarn -Phive -Phive-thriftserver" "3036" &
-  make_binary_release "hadoop2.4-without-hive" "-Psparkr -Psparkr-docs -Phadoop-2.4 -Pyarn" "3037" &
+  make_binary_release "hadoop1" "-Psparkr -Phadoop-1 -Phive -Phive-thriftserver" "3030" &
+  make_binary_release "hadoop1-scala2.11" "-Psparkr -Phadoop-1 -Phive -Dscala-2.11" "3031" &
+  make_binary_release "cdh4" "-Psparkr -Phadoop-1 -Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Dhadoop.version=2.0.0-mr1-cdh4.2.0" "3032" &
+  make_binary_release "hadoop2.3" "-Psparkr -Phadoop-2.3 -Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Pyarn" "3033" &
+  make_binary_release "hadoop2.4" "-Psparkr -Phadoop-2.4 -Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Pyarn" "3034" &
+  make_binary_release "mapr3" "-Pmapr3 -Psparkr -Phive -Phive-thriftserver" "3035" &
+  make_binary_release "mapr4" "-Pmapr4 -Psparkr -Pyarn -Phive -Phive-thriftserver" "3036" &
+  make_binary_release "hadoop2.4-without-hive" "-Psparkr -Phadoop-2.4 -Pyarn" "3037" &
   wait
   rm -rf spark-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin-*/