diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-validate/gst1-validate.mk b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-validate/gst1-validate.mk
index c5e3ec6fc9..31b01ef5fa 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-validate/gst1-validate.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-validate/gst1-validate.mk
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@ GST1_VALIDATE_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	python \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO),cairo)
 
+GST1_VALIDATE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-sphinx-doc
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))