diff --git a/doc/doxygen/riot.doxyfile b/doc/doxygen/riot.doxyfile
index 5a81196ffb..c0cecca583 100644
--- a/doc/doxygen/riot.doxyfile
+++ b/doc/doxygen/riot.doxyfile
@@ -1786,7 +1786,7 @@ RTF_EXTENSIONS_FILE    =
 # classes and files.
 # The default value is: NO.
 
-GENERATE_MAN           = YES
+GENERATE_MAN           = NO
 
 # The MAN_OUTPUT tag is used to specify where the man pages will be put. If a
 # relative path is entered the value of OUTPUT_DIRECTORY will be put in front of