diff --git a/template/tox.ini.jinja b/template/tox.ini.jinja
index e263df8..25f9f27 100644
--- a/template/tox.ini.jinja
+++ b/template/tox.ini.jinja
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ description = invoke sphinx-build to build the HTML docs
 deps = -r requirements/docs.txt
 allowlist_externals=find
 commands = python -m sphinx -W -j2 -v -b html -d {toxworkdir}/docs_doctrees docs html
-           python -m sphinx -W -j2 -v -b doctest -d {toxworkdir}/docs_doctrees docs html
+           python -m sphinx -W -j2 -v -b doctest -d {toxworkdir}/docs_doctrees -D nbsphinx_execute=never docs html
            find html -type f -name "*.ipynb" -not -path "html/_sources/*" -delete
 
 [testenv:releasedocs]
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ commands = {[testenv:docs]commands}
 [testenv:linkcheck]
 description = Run Sphinx linkcheck
 deps = -r requirements/docs.txt
-commands = python -m sphinx -j2 -v -b linkcheck -d {toxworkdir}/docs_doctrees docs html
+commands = python -m sphinx -j2 -v -b linkcheck -d {toxworkdir}/docs_doctrees -D nbsphinx_execute=never docs html
 
 [testenv:static]
 description = Code formatting and static analysis