diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 860eaed..bc0fa46 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ deps = .[test,doc]
 setenv = SPHINX_HTML_THEME=sphinx_rtd_theme
 commands =
    python setup.py build_sphinx
-   doc8 --ignore-path doc/source/gnocchi.rst doc/source
 
 [testenv:debug]
 commands = pifpaf --debug run gnocchi -- oslo_debug_helper {posargs}