diff --git a/doc/doxygen/riot.doxyfile b/doc/doxygen/riot.doxyfile
index c0cecca583..1ca3caeb4f 100644
--- a/doc/doxygen/riot.doxyfile
+++ b/doc/doxygen/riot.doxyfile
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ EXTRA_SEARCH_MAPPINGS  =
 # If the GENERATE_LATEX tag is set to YES doxygen will generate LaTeX output.
 # The default value is: YES.
 
-GENERATE_LATEX         = YES
+GENERATE_LATEX         = NO
 
 # The LATEX_OUTPUT tag is used to specify where the LaTeX docs will be put. If a
 # relative path is entered the value of OUTPUT_DIRECTORY will be put in front of