diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 00792726..600a6424 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /_CPack_Packages
 /doc/doxyxml
 /doc/html
+/doc/virtualenv
 /Testing
 /install_manifest.txt
 *~
diff --git a/doc/build.py b/doc/build.py
index dca113db..c2675923 100755
--- a/doc/build.py
+++ b/doc/build.py
@@ -53,11 +53,5 @@ def build_docs(workdir, travis):
 
 returncode = 1
 travis = 'TRAVIS' in os.environ
-workdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
-try:
-  returncode = build_docs(workdir, travis=travis)
-finally:
-  # Don't remove workdir on Travis because the VM is discarded anyway.
-  if not travis:
-    shutil.rmtree(workdir)
+returncode = build_docs('', travis=travis)
 exit(returncode)