diff --git a/tools/docs/sphinx-build-wrapper b/tools/docs/sphinx-build-wrapper
index cb2a5005e633..9f1ae1485f84 100755
--- a/tools/docs/sphinx-build-wrapper
+++ b/tools/docs/sphinx-build-wrapper
@@ -750,7 +750,6 @@ class SphinxBuilder:
 
             build_args = args + [
                 "-d", doctree_dir,
-                "-D", f"kerneldoc_bin={kerneldoc}",
                 "-D", f"version={self.kernelversion}",
                 "-D", f"release={self.kernelrelease}",
                 "-D", f"kerneldoc_srctree={self.srctree}",