diff --git a/.azure/lint_docs_qpy-linux.yml b/.azure/lint_docs_qpy-linux.yml
index 99d2b7dc41c9..b391c9aa8471 100644
--- a/.azure/lint_docs_qpy-linux.yml
+++ b/.azure/lint_docs_qpy-linux.yml
@@ -20,30 +20,6 @@ jobs:
           versionSpec: '${{ parameters.pythonVersion }}'
         displayName: 'Use Python ${{ parameters.pythonVersion }}'
 
-      - bash: tools/install_ubuntu_docs_dependencies.sh
-        displayName: 'Install docs dependencies'
-
-      - bash: tox run -e docs,lint
-        displayName: 'Lint and docs'
-
-      - bash: rm -rf docs/_build/html/{.doctrees,.buildinfo}
-        displayName: 'Clean up docs detritus'
-
-      - task: ArchiveFiles@2
-        inputs:
-          rootFolderOrFile: 'docs/_build/html'
-          archiveType: tar
-          archiveFile: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/html_docs.tar.gz'
-          verbose: true
-
-      - task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
-        displayName: 'Upload docs artifact'
-        inputs:
-          pathtoPublish: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
-          artifactName: 'html_docs'
-          Parallel: true
-          ParallelCount: 8
-
       - task: Cache@2
         inputs:
           key: 'qpy | test/qpy_compat/test_qpy.py | "$(Build.BuildNumber)"'
@@ -54,6 +30,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - bash: |
           set -e
+          python -m pip install tox
+          tox run -e docs --notest
           # Reuse the docs environment to avoid needing to rebuild another
           # version of Qiskit.
           source .tox/docs/bin/activate