diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 2c369bea722d050ae117a1482bb78952d1316a12..72006f0573bf14f1a65172357f8745d8011315c3 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ commands =
     sphinx-build -W -b html -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees docs docs/_build/html
     sphinx-build -W -b doctest -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees docs docs/_build/html
     sphinx-build -W -b linkcheck docs docs/_build/html
-    doc8 README.rst docs/
+    doc8 README.rst docs/ --ignore-path docs/_build/
 
 [testenv:meta]
 deps =