diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 889aaed4b2ad51d8ee6dc3bf8b4304e94c23c351..9d472bbe15bfbfb76f48af4f1c48286988774323 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -479,7 +479,8 @@ def setup(app):
     app.connect('autodoc-process-docstring', autodoc_process_test_method)
     app.connect('autodoc-process-docstring', autodoc_process_analysis_events)
     app.connect('autodoc-process-docstring', autodoc_process_analysis_methods)
-    app.connect('autodoc-process-docstring', autodoc_process_analysis_plots_handler)
     app.connect('autodoc-skip-member',       autodoc_skip_member_handler)
+    if int(os.environ.get('LISA_DOC_BUILD_PLOT', '1')):
+        app.connect('autodoc-process-docstring', autodoc_process_analysis_plots_handler)
 
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