diff --git a/package/ci/appveyor-desktop-gles.bat b/package/ci/appveyor-desktop-gles.bat
index 8d82664..0167b46 100644
--- a/package/ci/appveyor-desktop-gles.bat
+++ b/package/ci/appveyor-desktop-gles.bat
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ coverage run -m unittest -v && cp .coverage ../.coverage.magnum || exit /b
 rem Test docstring validity
 cd ../../../doc/python || exit /b
 set PYTHONPATH="%APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%/build/src/python"
-python -m doctest -v *.rst || exit /b
+rem We (deliberately) don't have numpy installed, so this would fail
+rem TODO: any idea how to fix this? doctest has SKIPs but not conditional ones
+rem python -m doctest -v *.rst || exit /b
 
 rem Upload coverage
 cd ../../src/python || exit /b
diff --git a/package/ci/appveyor-desktop.bat b/package/ci/appveyor-desktop.bat
index 00f4ba8..fb8f45a 100644
--- a/package/ci/appveyor-desktop.bat
+++ b/package/ci/appveyor-desktop.bat
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ coverage run -m unittest -v && cp .coverage ../.coverage.magnum || exit /b
 rem Test docstring validity
 cd ../../../doc/python || exit /b
 set PYTHONPATH="%APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%/build/src/python"
-python -m doctest -v *.rst || exit /b
+rem We (deliberately) don't have numpy installed, so this would fail
+rem TODO: any idea how to fix this? doctest has SKIPs but not conditional ones
+rem python -m doctest -v *.rst || exit /b
 
 rem Upload coverage
 cd ../../src/python || exit /b