diff --git a/ci/build_docs.sh b/ci/build_docs.sh
index 5a4bf3e0dbc..2b55a9db8af 100755
--- a/ci/build_docs.sh
+++ b/ci/build_docs.sh
@@ -41,19 +41,25 @@ popd
 rapids-logger "Build Python docs"
 pushd docs/cudf
 make dirhtml
-make text
-mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cudf/"{html,txt}
+mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cudf/html"
 mv build/dirhtml/* "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cudf/html"
-mv build/text/* "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cudf/txt"
+if [[ "${RAPIDS_BUILD_TYPE}" != "pull-request" ]]; then
+  make text
+  mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cudf/txt"
+  mv build/text/* "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cudf/txt"
+fi
 popd
 
 rapids-logger "Build dask-cuDF Sphinx docs"
 pushd docs/dask_cudf
 make dirhtml
-make text
-mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/dask-cudf/"{html,txt}
+mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/dask-cudf/html"
 mv build/dirhtml/* "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/dask-cudf/html"
-mv build/text/* "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/dask-cudf/txt"
+if [[ "${RAPIDS_BUILD_TYPE}" != "pull-request" ]]; then
+  make text
+  mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/dask-cudf/txt"
+  mv build/text/* "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/dask-cudf/txt"
+fi
 popd
 
 rapids-upload-docs
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 8081d9de8b9..2794125b78a 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ dependencies:
 - sphinx-autobuild
 - sphinx-copybutton
 - sphinx-markdown-tables
+- sphinx-remove-toctrees
 - sphinxcontrib-websupport
 - streamz
 - sysroot_linux-64==2.17
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-120_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-120_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 1cb8f376f82..91104c55961 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-120_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-120_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ dependencies:
 - sphinx-autobuild
 - sphinx-copybutton
 - sphinx-markdown-tables
+- sphinx-remove-toctrees
 - sphinxcontrib-websupport
 - streamz
 - sysroot_linux-64==2.17
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index e62fa86d4d4..09866869a8b 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ dependencies:
           - sphinx-autobuild
           - sphinx-copybutton
           - sphinx-markdown-tables
+          - sphinx-remove-toctrees
           - sphinxcontrib-websupport
   notebooks:
     common:
diff --git a/docs/cudf/source/conf.py b/docs/cudf/source/conf.py
index 01a6c5316bd..5b04335f475 100644
--- a/docs/cudf/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/cudf/source/conf.py
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 #
+import filecmp
 import glob
 import os
 import re
 import sys
+import tempfile
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
 from docutils.nodes import Text
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ class PseudoLexer(RegexLexer):
     "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
     "sphinx.ext.autosummary",
     "sphinx_copybutton",
+    "sphinx_remove_toctrees",
     "numpydoc",
     "IPython.sphinxext.ipython_console_highlighting",
     "IPython.sphinxext.ipython_directive",
@@ -69,6 +72,8 @@ class PseudoLexer(RegexLexer):
     "myst_nb",
 ]
 
+remove_from_toctrees = ["user_guide/api_docs/api/*"]
+
 
 # Preprocess doxygen xml for compatibility with latest Breathe
 def clean_definitions(root):
@@ -126,7 +131,13 @@ def clean_all_xml_files(path):
     for fn in glob.glob(os.path.join(path, "*.xml")):
         tree = ET.parse(fn)
         clean_definitions(tree.getroot())
-        tree.write(fn)
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as tmp_fn:
+            tree.write(tmp_fn.name)
+            # Only write files that have actually changed.
+            if not filecmp.cmp(tmp_fn.name, fn):
+                tree.write(fn)
+
+
 
 
 # Breathe Configuration