diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ac9e82a..02d4c07b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 		<module>spring-shell-jcommander-adapter</module>
 		<module>spring-shell-shell1-adapter</module>
 		<module>spring-shell-starter</module>
-		<module>spring-shell-docs</module>
 		<module>spring-shell-table</module>
 	</modules>
 
@@ -252,5 +251,17 @@
 				<module>spring-shell-samples</module>
 			</modules>
 		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<!-- Skip docs by default -->
+			<id>full</id>
+			<activation>
+				<property>
+					<name>env.BUILD_DOCS</name>
+				</property>
+			</activation>
+			<modules>
+				<module>spring-shell-docs</module>
+			</modules>
+		</profile>
 	</profiles>
 </project>