diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 740750bd3b6b6b46bb7b86c6eb408f83f9be430b..ec673cda531b9f546954e189c67845a1b4923e6f 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 gstlal-modules :
 	# FIXME FIXME FIXME total hack to work around unique python packaging
-	mv ../gstlal/python/__init__.py ../gstlal/python/__init__.py.bk
+	#mv ../gstlal/python/__init__.py ../gstlal/python/__init__.py.bk
 	sphinx-apidoc -e -o source/gstlal/python-modules ../gstlal/python ../gstlal/python/misc.py ../gstlal/python/bottle.py ../gstlal/python/coherent_null.py ../gstlal/python/matplotlibhelper.py
-	mv ../gstlal/python/__init__.py.bk ../gstlal/python/__init__.py
+	#mv ../gstlal/python/__init__.py.bk ../gstlal/python/__init__.py
 	sed -i "1s/python/\`\`gstlal\`\`/" source/gstlal/python-modules/modules.rst
 
 gstlal-inspiral-modules :