diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a2a65e86e688..686d6fbcfcca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6746,6 +6746,7 @@ let
   qt5SDK = qtcreator.override {
     sdkBuild = true;
     qtLib = qt5Full;
+    withDocumentation = false; # fails to setup some paths
   };
 
   qtcreator = callPackage ../development/qtcreator {