diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 6cd891adc551..384beba3772d 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -260,8 +260,10 @@ def _check_dependencies():
 
 # Custom sidebar templates, maps page names to templates.
 html_sidebars = {
-    'index': ['sidebar_announcement.html', 'sidebar_versions.html',
-              'donate_sidebar.html'],
+    'index': [
+        # 'sidebar_announcement.html',
+        'sidebar_versions.html',
+        'donate_sidebar.html'],
     '**': ['localtoc.html', 'relations.html', 'pagesource.html']
 }