diff --git a/package/czmq/czmq.mk b/package/czmq/czmq.mk
index e6445be42e..1c9493cb76 100644
--- a/package/czmq/czmq.mk
+++ b/package/czmq/czmq.mk
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ CZMQ_DEPENDENCIES = zeromq host-pkgconf
 CZMQ_LICENSE = MPL-2.0
 CZMQ_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
-# asciidoc is a python script that imports unicodedata, which is not in
-# host-python, so disable asciidoc entirely.
-CZMQ_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_prog_czmq_have_asciidoc=no
-
-CZMQ_CONF_OPTS = --disable-Werror
+CZMQ_CONF_OPTS = --disable-Werror --without-docs
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))