--- a/alot-0.9.1.ebuild	2020-08-29 18:27:10.675967053 -0400
+++ b/alot-0.9.1.ebuild	2020-08-29 18:28:14.852963165 -0400
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	net-mail/notmuch[crypt,python,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	"
 BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/sphinx[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	doc? ( dev-python/sphinx[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 "
 
 PATCHES=(
@@ -40,13 +40,16 @@
 BDEPEND+=" test? ( dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] ) "
 
 python_compile_all() {
-	emake -C docs man
-	use doc && emake -C docs html
+	if use doc; then
+	emake -C docs man html
+	fi
 }
 
 python_install_all() {
-	use doc && local HTML_DOCS=( docs/build/html/. )
+	if use doc; then
+	local HTML_DOCS=( docs/build/html/. )
 	doman docs/build/man/*
+	fi
 	distutils-r1_python_install_all
 
 	insinto /usr/share/alot
@@ -61,4 +64,4 @@
 		elog "   https://alot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
 		elog ""
 	fi
-}
+}
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