diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
index 19517e2216b..f949e16321d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , glib, gmp, gtk2, libedit, libffi, libjpeg
 , libpng, libtool, mpfr, openssl, pango, poppler
 , readline, sqlite
-, disableDocs ? true
+, disableDocs ? false
 }:
 
 let