diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d1eda0fa1..c1bcac3a6 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -96,5 +96,4 @@ deps =
 # The documentation runs "examples" to produce outputs via sphinx-gallery.
 extras = examples
 commands =
-    sphinx-build {posargs:-E} -W -b doctest docs/src docs/build/doctest
     sphinx-build {posargs:-E} -W -b html docs/src docs/build/html