diff --git a/sys-apps/opal-utils/opal-utils-6.5.ebuild b/sys-apps/opal-utils/opal-utils-6.5.ebuild
index a4dc62fddce1f..bbde6d6db5223 100644
--- a/sys-apps/opal-utils/opal-utils-6.5.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/opal-utils/opal-utils-6.5.ebuild
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ src_install() {
 	systemd_dounit external/opal-prd/opal-prd.service
 
 	if use doc; then
-
+		rm -r doc/_build/html/_sources || die
 		local HTML_DOCS=( doc/_build/html/. )
 	fi
 	einstalldocs