diff --git a/scripts/qapi/doc.py b/scripts/qapi/doc.py
index 5fc0fc7e06d7..693cc4486b93 100755
--- a/scripts/qapi/doc.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/doc.py
@@ -283,8 +283,6 @@ def freeform(self, doc):
 
 
 def gen_doc(schema, output_dir, prefix):
-    if not qapi.common.doc_required:
-        return
     vis = QAPISchemaGenDocVisitor(prefix)
     vis.visit_begin(schema)
     for doc in schema.docs:
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 3543451ed309..214fbd941c86 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ tests/test-qapi-gen-timestamp: \
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-gen.py \
 		-o tests -p "test-" $<, \
 		"GEN","$(@:%-timestamp=%)")
+	@rm -f tests/test-qapi-doc.texi
 	@>$@
 
 tests/qapi-schema/doc-good.test.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/doc-good.json $(qapi-py)