diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 182376be48745d0fac15f718fd927ed223dd3ea1..1d3fdffd97dcf91ac195b36e4bd96f6f04ec6645 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -293,3 +293,6 @@ pages:
 
     # Debug excessive sizes
     - du -hc "$out" | sort -h
+
+    # If the folder is empty, remove it to avoid emptying the documentation.
+    - rmdir "$out" || true