diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index e1f9ae4ef..a1defbdd4 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Imports:
     desc (>= 1.2.0),
     digest,
     methods,
-    pkgload,
+    pkgload (>= 1.0.2),
     purrr,
     R6 (>= 2.1.2),
     Rcpp (>= 0.11.0),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c9eaf0d7b..05c85039f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # roxygen2 6.1.0.9000
 
+* `roxygenise()` no longer recompiles packages containing src code (#784).
+
 * Correctly parse multi-line DESCRIPTION collate directives (@brodieG, #790).
 
 * `roxygenize()` now stops with an informative error message when run in a
diff --git a/R/parse.R b/R/parse.R
index 11ba20a79..649fb9119 100644
--- a/R/parse.R
+++ b/R/parse.R
@@ -105,5 +105,9 @@ env_file <- function(file) {
 #' @export
 #' @rdname parse_package
 env_package <- function(path) {
-  pkgload::load_all(path)$env
+  pkgload::load_all(path,
+    compile = FALSE,
+    helpers = FALSE,
+    attach_testthat = FALSE
+  )$env
 }