diff --git a/release/Makefile b/release/Makefile
index f01098e58c91..67af96c697b5 100644
--- a/release/Makefile
+++ b/release/Makefile
@@ -313,7 +313,8 @@ rerelease release:
 	@for i in ${DOCPORTS}; do \
 		cd ${CHROOTDIR}/usr/ports/$$i && \
 			make PORTSDIR=${CHROOTDIR}/usr/ports BATCH=yes \
-			JADETEX=no WITHOUT_PYTHON=yes fetch-recursive ; \
+			WITHOUT_X11=yes JADETEX=no WITHOUT_PYTHON=yes \
+			fetch-recursive ; \
 	done
 .endif
 .endif