diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c6b8672ec2..3f73ffda7b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_PACKAGEKIT, test "x$build_packagekit" = "xyes")
 # Checks for gtk-doc and docbook-tools
 ##################################################
 
-GTK_DOC_CHECK([1.11])
+GTK_DOC_CHECK([1.11],[--flavour no-tmpl])
 
 AC_CHECK_PROG(DB2HTML, db2html, true, false)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_DOCBOOK, $DB2HTML)