diff --git a/bob/devtools/build.py b/bob/devtools/build.py
index fdc8d86e6a410c2610e87cc209b2da864a5c9c55..afb85e1fffa835bf0fd2a3ddb061d64b31ebd9d3 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/build.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/build.py
@@ -873,7 +873,6 @@ def cli(
 
     bootstrap.setup_logger(logger, verbose)
 
-    bootstrap.set_environment("DOCSERVER", server)
     bootstrap.set_environment("LANG", "en_US.UTF-8")
     bootstrap.set_environment("LC_ALL", os.environ["LANG"])
     bootstrap.set_environment("NOSE_EVAL_ATTR", test_mark_expr)
diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
index cc5f08a3f3d5029e4e96a3e45a0cc23558c004a2..a8f674aff1dc06e93a7357ac97e39775a431e66d 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ def build(
 
     # setup BOB_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER environment variable (used for bob.extension
     # and derived documentation building via Sphinx)
-    set_environment("DOCSERVER", server)
     doc_urls = get_docserver_setup(
         public=(not private),
         stable=stable,
diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/create.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/create.py
index 2aa32bd46ef84d02ea126f2974ff4899d193e078..215cf46a8f41a69f52b012bdebdb17a537e41fdf 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/create.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/create.py
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ def create(
         )
 
     # set some environment variables before continuing
-    set_environment("DOCSERVER", server, os.environ)
     set_environment("NOSE_EVAL_ATTR", "", os.environ)
     set_environment("PYTEST_ADDOPTS", "", os.environ)
 
diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/graph.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/graph.py
index ab8766895d9d48ed2b9d08bc9a1c985a82963c12..d6b16434c84df16f329f2c2b8361c135670e025d 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/graph.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/graph.py
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ def graph(
 
     # setup BOB_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER environment variable (used for bob.extension
     # and derived documentation building via Sphinx)
-    set_environment("DOCSERVER", server)
     set_environment("BOB_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER", "/not/set")
 
     # avoids conda-build complaints
diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/rebuild.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/rebuild.py
index 013a502522378a70daa3612d352ccbbd9e54c60e..17987f9696807e15f0fcd46dee08da5a081f8ff6 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/rebuild.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/rebuild.py
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ def rebuild(
 
     # setup BOB_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER environment variable (used for bob.extension
     # and derived documentation building via Sphinx)
-    set_environment("DOCSERVER", server)
     doc_urls = get_docserver_setup(
         public=(not private),
         stable=stable,
diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/test.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/test.py
index 482ac7b0915d081406d1dd7aaf85427459f2f354..8e4d5d8d32c7f704335c6fa2be51f377213b638c 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/test.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/test.py
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ def test(
 
     # setup BOB_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER environment variable (used for bob.extension
     # and derived documentation building via Sphinx)
-    set_environment("DOCSERVER", server)
     doc_urls = get_docserver_setup(
         public=(not private),
         stable=stable,