diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
index 2bb5f2ff..cddcd301 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
@@ -153,23 +153,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Install docs dependencies"
         run: |
           python -m pip install -r Doc/requirements.txt
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends \
-            fonts-freefont-otf \
-            latexmk \
-            texinfo \
-            texlive-fonts-extra \
-            texlive-fonts-recommended \
-            texlive-latex-base \
-            texlive-latex-extra \
-            texlive-latex-recommended \
-            texlive-xetex \
-            xindy
 
       - name: "Build docs"
+        env:
+          SPHINXOPTS: "-j10"
         run: |
           cd Doc
-          SPHINXOPTS="-j10" make dist
+          make dist-epub
+          make dist-html
+          make dist-texinfo
+          make dist-text
 
       - name: "Upload the docs artifacts"
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
diff --git a/release.py b/release.py
index 8652c23b..20feb4cf 100755
--- a/release.py
+++ b/release.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
-from collections.abc import Generator
+from collections.abc import Generator, Sequence
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def error(*msgs: str) -> None:
 
 
 def run_cmd(
-    cmd: list[str] | str, silent: bool = False, shell: bool = False, **kwargs: Any
+    cmd: Sequence[str] | str, silent: bool = False, shell: bool = False, **kwargs: Any
 ) -> None:
     if shell:
         cmd = SPACE.join(cmd)
@@ -700,11 +700,17 @@ def build_docs() -> str:
         run_cmd([pip, "install", "-r", "Doc/requirements.txt"])
         sphinx_build = os.path.join(venv, "bin", "sphinx-build")
         blurb = os.path.join(venv, "bin", "blurb")
+        docs_env = {
+            **os.environ,
+            "BLURB": blurb,
+            "SPHINXBUILD": sphinx_build,
+            "SPHINXOPTS": "-j10",
+        }
         with pushd("Doc"):
-            run_cmd(
-                ["make", "dist", "SPHINXBUILD=" + sphinx_build, "BLURB=" + blurb],
-                env={**os.environ, "SPHINXOPTS": "-j10"},
-            )
+            run_cmd(("make", "dist-epub"), env=docs_env)
+            run_cmd(("make", "dist-html"), env=docs_env)
+            run_cmd(("make", "dist-texinfo"), env=docs_env)
+            run_cmd(("make", "dist-text"), env=docs_env)
             return os.path.abspath("dist")
 
 
diff --git a/run_release.py b/run_release.py
index 74b43965..852ce952 100755
--- a/run_release.py
+++ b/run_release.py
@@ -604,8 +604,6 @@ def wait_for_build_release(db: ReleaseShelf) -> None:
                 docs_path / f"python-{release_tag}-docs.epub",
                 docs_path / f"python-{release_tag}-docs-html.tar.bz2",
                 docs_path / f"python-{release_tag}-docs-html.zip",
-                docs_path / f"python-{release_tag}-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2",
-                docs_path / f"python-{release_tag}-docs-pdf-a4.zip",
                 docs_path / f"python-{release_tag}-docs-texinfo.tar.bz2",
                 docs_path / f"python-{release_tag}-docs-texinfo.zip",
                 docs_path / f"python-{release_tag}-docs-text.tar.bz2",
diff --git a/tests/README.rst b/tests/README.rst
index 02776205..2d313c39 100644
--- a/tests/README.rst
+++ b/tests/README.rst
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Documentation
 updated daily.
 
 It can also be downloaded in many formats for faster access.  The documentation
-is downloadable in HTML, PDF, and reStructuredText formats; the latter version
+is downloadable in HTML, EPUB, and reStructuredText formats; the latter version
 is primarily for documentation authors, translators, and people with special
 formatting requirements.