diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6387bbf24..aceb9ed6c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ can-build-gnome-shell:
     - meson install --no-rebuild -C build
   script:
     - .gitlab-ci/checkout-gnome-shell.sh
-    - meson gnome-shell gnome-shell/build --prefix /usr
+    - meson gnome-shell gnome-shell/build --prefix /usr -Dman=false
     - ninja -C gnome-shell/build install
   only:
     - merge_requests