diff --git a/playbooks/sphinx/pre.yaml b/playbooks/sphinx/pre.yaml
index a161787d2..e3a9ebdb8 100644
--- a/playbooks/sphinx/pre.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/sphinx/pre.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 - hosts: all
   roles:
     - role: bindep
-      bindep_profile: doc build
+      bindep_profile: doc
       bindep_dir: "{{ zuul_work_dir }}"
     - ensure-sphinx
     - revoke-sudo
diff --git a/roles/bindep/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/bindep/defaults/main.yaml
index cc219160b..2438e30bb 100644
--- a/roles/bindep/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/bindep/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
 bindep_dir: "{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}"
-bindep_profile: build test
+bindep_profile: test