diff --git a/systemtap.spec b/systemtap.spec
index 33c215b..4a07a8d 100644
--- a/systemtap.spec
+++ b/systemtap.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %{!?with_sqlite: %global with_sqlite 1}
-%{!?with_docs: %global with_docs 1}
+%{!?with_docs: %global with_docs 0}
 # crash is not available
 %ifarch ppc ppc64 %{sparc}
 %{!?with_crash: %global with_crash 0}