diff --git a/helpers/make-nautilus b/helpers/make-nautilus
index a02e253..0c02396 100644
--- a/helpers/make-nautilus
+++ b/helpers/make-nautilus
@@ -25,19 +25,16 @@ for patch in 16_unity_new_documents.patch; do
   sed "/$patch/d" -i debian/patches/series
 done
 
-check_file() {
-if [ ! -f $1 ]; then
-    echo " $1 doesn't exist removing from debian/docs"
-    sed -i "/^$1/d" debian/docs
-fi
-}
-
 echo "Checking for necessary files to install by debian/docs."
 while read i
 do
-    check_file $i
+   if [ -f $i ]; then
+       echo  $i >> debian/docs.new
+   fi
 done < debian/docs
 
+mv debian/docs.new debian/docs
+cat debian/docs
 
 changelog "Revert from using ubuntu-help to default gnome-help"
 compile