diff --git a/playbooks/build-manuals-tox/post.yaml b/playbooks/build-manuals-tox/post.yaml
index 75cb086fc5..88b6d17e96 100644
--- a/playbooks/build-manuals-tox/post.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/build-manuals-tox/post.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
   roles:
     - role: fetch-tox-output
     - role: fetch-sphinx-output
-      sphinx_output_src: "{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}/publish-docs"
+      sphinx_output_dir: 'publish-docs'
+      sphinx_build_dir: ''