diff --git a/doc/conftest.py b/doc/conftest.py
index 20d6b9b1b..d5a37dd5d 100644
--- a/doc/conftest.py
+++ b/doc/conftest.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #XXX make work: excludedirs = ['_build']
 import py
-py.test.importorskip("pygments")
+#py.test.importorskip("pygments")
 pytest_plugins = ['pytest_restdoc']
 rsyncdirs = ['.']