diff --git a/docs/_ext/xpathdemo.py b/docs/_ext/xpathdemo.py
index 47568a1d3..28ad4c0dc 100644
--- a/docs/_ext/xpathdemo.py
+++ b/docs/_ext/xpathdemo.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from docutils import nodes
 from sphinx.util.compat import Directive
+from sphinx.search import SkipNode
 
 
 class xpath_demo_node(nodes.Element):
@@ -29,11 +30,17 @@ def setup(app):
         html=(
             visit_xpath_demo_node,
             depart_xpath_demo_node,
-        )
+        ),
+        # latex build are failing, so let's skip the xpath nodes
+        latex=(skip_node, None),
     )
     app.add_directive('xpathdemo', XPathDemoDirective)
 
 
+def skip_node(self, node):
+    raise SkipNode
+
+
 def visit_xpath_demo_node(self, node):
     try:
         with open(node.form_template) as fp: