diff --git a/dev-python/pylibmc/pylibmc-1.6.3-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/pylibmc/pylibmc-1.6.3-r1.ebuild
index 72afe58cdcfd1..e6f84125db0d3 100644
--- a/dev-python/pylibmc/pylibmc-1.6.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pylibmc/pylibmc-1.6.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/pylibmc-1.6.1-fix-test-failures-r1.patch"
 )
 
-distutils_enable_sphinx docs
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
 # needed for docs