diff --git a/docs/org.eclipse.jst.doc.isv/javadoc.xml b/docs/org.eclipse.jst.doc.isv/javadoc.xml
index 0470e5f835de107568fdaba31681054a75115238..81cb75d75583a90b771f0b291c8e02350869bb6d 100644
--- a/docs/org.eclipse.jst.doc.isv/javadoc.xml
+++ b/docs/org.eclipse.jst.doc.isv/javadoc.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
             excludes="**/build/*,**/@dot/**,**/bin**" />
     </target>
 
-    <target name="javadoc" depends="getcommandandargs">
+    <target name="javadoc" depends="getcommandandargs" unless="skipJavaDoc">
         <echo message="classpath: ${env.J2SE-1.5}" />
         <echo message="buildDirectory: ${buildDirectory}" />
         <echo message="JAVADOC_COMMAND: ${JAVADOC_COMMAND}" />
diff --git a/docs/org.eclipse.wst.doc.isv/javadoc.xml b/docs/org.eclipse.wst.doc.isv/javadoc.xml
index bb33321a0a1951d76f6cfdb7e3c602e283e36dbd..824f90ecd2939c81e98ebc70cadf4cd623f004b9 100644
--- a/docs/org.eclipse.wst.doc.isv/javadoc.xml
+++ b/docs/org.eclipse.wst.doc.isv/javadoc.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
             excludes="**/build/*,**/@dot/**,**/bin**" />
     </target>
 
-    <target name="javadoc" depends="getcommandandargs">
+    <target name="javadoc" depends="getcommandandargs" unless="skipJavaDoc">
       <echo message="classpath: ${env.J2SE-1.5}" />
       <echo message="buildDirectory: ${buildDirectory}" />
       <echo message="JAVADOC_COMMAND: ${JAVADOC_COMMAND}" />