diff --git a/contrib/ci/check-abi b/contrib/ci/check-abi
index 4a1f6c8a3..3cd19b3e4 100755
--- a/contrib/ci/check-abi
+++ b/contrib/ci/check-abi
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ def build_install(revision):
                 "--prefix=/usr",
                 "--libdir=lib",
                 "-Dauto_features=disabled",
-                "-Ddocs=none",
                 "-Db_coverage=false",
                 "-Dgusb:docs=false",
                 "-Dtests=false",