diff --git a/bin/rtd-docs b/bin/rtd-docs
index 05a4796f89f2..1166a1869270 100755
--- a/bin/rtd-docs
+++ b/bin/rtd-docs
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ set -e
 set -x
 
 if [ "${READTHEDOCS_PROJECT}" = "warehouse" ]; then
+  if [ "$READTHEDOCS_VERSION_TYPE" = "external" ] && git diff --quiet origin/main -- docs/dev requirements/docs-dev.txt .readthedocs.yaml; then
+    echo "Nothing relevant changed, skipping build..."
+    exit 183;
+  fi
   pip install -r requirements/docs-dev.txt
   asdf reshim
   make -C docs/dev/ html
@@ -12,6 +16,10 @@ if [ "${READTHEDOCS_PROJECT}" = "warehouse" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "${READTHEDOCS_PROJECT}" = "docspypiorg" ]; then
+  if [ "$READTHEDOCS_VERSION_TYPE" = "external" ] && git diff --quiet origin/main -- docs/user requirements/docs-user.txt .readthedocs.yaml docs/mkdocs-user-docs.yml; then
+    echo "Nothing relevant changed, skipping build..."
+    exit 183;
+  fi
   pip install -r requirements/docs-user.txt
   asdf reshim
   mkdocs build -f docs/mkdocs-user-docs.yml
@@ -19,6 +27,10 @@ if [ "${READTHEDOCS_PROJECT}" = "docspypiorg" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "${READTHEDOCS_PROJECT}" = "blogpypiorg" ] || [ "${READTHEDOCS_PROJECT}" = "psf-warehouse-private" ]; then
+  if [ "$READTHEDOCS_VERSION_TYPE" = "external" ] && git diff --quiet origin/main -- docs/blog requirements/docs-blog.txt .readthedocs.yaml docs/mkdocs-blog.yml; then
+    echo "Nothing relevant changed, skipping build..."
+    exit 183;
+  fi
   pip install -r requirements/docs-blog.txt
   asdf reshim
   mkdocs build -f docs/mkdocs-blog.yml