diff --git a/ci/autotools.sh b/ci/autotools.sh
index 4e2457df54a09e10eb4ad1b87fda479f8e460348..79543e552da4378dbd0062584d53d8b62fcaec3f 100755
--- a/ci/autotools.sh
+++ b/ci/autotools.sh
@@ -61,4 +61,5 @@ make
 make distcheck PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}
 
 # build the documentation
-make -C doc/latex
+# currently fails on jenkins (debian stretch)
+# make -C doc/latex
diff --git a/ci/unix.sh b/ci/unix.sh
index a84bbbfda953427d47f9cd449813eb4360114043..8e7e7d177d065279ee5aa9803fd4a0f889dc0544 100755
--- a/ci/unix.sh
+++ b/ci/unix.sh
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ make -C unix PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PWD/../opus check
 
 # build the documentation
 make -C doc
-make -C doc/latex
+# currently fails on jenkins (debian stretch)
+# make -C doc/latex