diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b09375e063a..6a4c899b5a2 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ deps =
   -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
   -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands =
+  doc8 --ignore D001 --ignore-path .tox --ignore-path *.egg-info --ignore-path doc/src/api --ignore-path doc/source/drivers.rst --ignore-path doc/build --ignore-path .eggs/*/EGG-INFO/*.txt -e txt -e rst
   rm -fr doc/build doc/source/contributor/api/ .autogenerated
   sphinx-build -b html doc/source doc/build/html
   rm -rf api-ref/build
   sphinx-build -W -b html -d api-ref/build/doctrees api-ref/source api-ref/build/html/
-  doc8 --ignore D001 --ignore-path .tox --ignore-path *.egg-info --ignore-path doc/src/api --ignore-path doc/source/drivers.rst --ignore-path doc/build --ignore-path .eggs/*/EGG-INFO/*.txt -e txt -e rst
 whitelist_externals = rm
 
 [testenv:gendriverlist]