diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d70a88f898..2118b6b9e0 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ deps =
   -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/requirements/plain/upper-constraints.txt}
   -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
   -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
-commands = sphinx-build -W -b html doc/source doc/build/html
+# FIXME(TheJulia): we need to add the -W flag back at some point to this command.
+# See story https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2003020
+commands = sphinx-build -b html doc/source doc/build/html
 
 [testenv:api-ref]
 basepython = python3