diff --git a/bin/doc-tools-check-languages b/bin/doc-tools-check-languages
index 479f196f..3b3c2022 100755
--- a/bin/doc-tools-check-languages
+++ b/bin/doc-tools-check-languages
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-FIRSTAPP_TAGS="libcloud dotnet fog openstacksdk pkgcloud shade"
-
 # This marker is needed for Infra publishing and needs to go into the
 # root directory of each translated manual as file ".root-marker".
 MARKER_TEXT="Project: $ZUUL_PROJECT Ref: $ZUUL_BRANCH Build: $ZUUL_UUID Revision: $ZUUL_NEWREF"
@@ -28,17 +26,12 @@ function build_rst {
     # uses SitePackages=True and we have to install Sphinx in the venv
     # together with openstackdocstheme. With SitePackages, the global Sphinx
     # is used and that will not work with a local openstackdocstheme installed.
-    TAG=""
-    # We need to extract all strings, so add all supported tags
-    if [ ${book} = "firstapp" ] ; then
-        TAG="-t libcloud -t fog -t dotnet -t openstacksdk -t pkgcloud -t shade"
-    fi
 
     COMMON="common"
     LOCALE_DIR="${DOC_DIR}${book}/source/locale/"
     COMMON_DIR="${DOC_DIR}${COMMON}/source/locale/"
 
-    tox -evenv -- sphinx-build -q -E -W -b gettext $TAG \
+    tox -evenv -- sphinx-build -q -E -W -b gettext \
                 ${DOC_DIR}${book}/source/ ${LOCALE_DIR}
 
 
@@ -85,35 +78,19 @@ function build_rst {
             ${DOC_DIR}${book}/source/conf.py
     fi
 
-    # Build all books
-    if [ ${book} = "firstapp" ] ; then
-        # Firstapp has several variations, build all of them
-        for tag in $FIRSTAPP_TAGS ; do
-            BUILD_DIR="${DOC_DIR}${book}/build-${tag}/html"
-            DOCTREES="${BUILD_DIR}.doctrees"
-            tox -evenv -- sphinx-build -q -E \
-                -t $tag -D language=${language} \
-                -d ${DOCTREES} \
-                ${DOC_DIR}${book}/source/ \
-                ${BUILD_DIR}
-            PUBLISH_DIR=publish-docs/html/${language}/${book}-${tag}
-            mkdir -p ${PUBLISH_DIR}
-            rsync -a ${DOC_DIR}${book}/build-${tag}/html/ ${PUBLISH_DIR}
-            echo $MARKER_TEXT > ${PUBLISH_DIR}/.root-marker
-        done
-    else
-        BUILD_DIR="${DOC_DIR}${book}/build/html"
-        DOCTREES="${BUILD_DIR}.doctrees"
-        tox -evenv -- sphinx-build \
-            -q -E -D language=${language} \
-            -d ${DOCTREES} \
-            ${DOC_DIR}${book}/source/ \
-            ${BUILD_DIR}
-        PUBLISH_DIR=publish-docs/html/${language}/${book}/
-        mkdir -p ${PUBLISH_DIR}
-        rsync -a ${DOC_DIR}${book}/build/html/ ${PUBLISH_DIR}
-        echo $MARKER_TEXT > ${PUBLISH_DIR}/.root-marker
-    fi
+    # Build book
+    BUILD_DIR="${DOC_DIR}${book}/build/html"
+    DOCTREES="${BUILD_DIR}.doctrees"
+    tox -evenv -- sphinx-build \
+        -q -E -D language=${language} \
+        -d ${DOCTREES} \
+        ${DOC_DIR}${book}/source/ \
+        ${BUILD_DIR}
+    PUBLISH_DIR=publish-docs/html/${language}/${book}/
+    mkdir -p ${PUBLISH_DIR}
+    rsync -a ${DOC_DIR}${book}/build/html/ ${PUBLISH_DIR}
+    echo $MARKER_TEXT > ${PUBLISH_DIR}/.root-marker
+
     # Remove newly created files
     git clean -f -q ${LOCALE_DIR}${language}/LC_MESSAGES/*.po
     git clean -f -x -q ${LOCALE_DIR}${language}/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo
@@ -134,11 +111,6 @@ function test_language {
     echo "Building for language $language"
     echo
 
-    args=("-v")
-    if [[ $PURPOSE -eq "publish" ]]; then
-        args+=("--publish")
-    fi
-    args+=("--check-build" "-l $language")
     for book in ${BOOKS["$language"]}; do
         if [ ${SPECIAL_BOOKS[$book]+_} ] ; then
             if [ ${SPECIAL_BOOKS[$book]} = "RST" ] ; then
@@ -156,7 +128,7 @@ function usage {
     echo
     echo "CONF_FILE is the path to the configuration file."
     echo
-    echo "PURPOSE is either 'test' or 'publish'."
+    echo "PURPOSE is  'test' or 'publish' (is ignored)."
     echo
     echo "LANGUAGE is either 'all' or 'LANG'."
     echo "LANG is a language code like 'fr' or 'ja'."