diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index c30c50ab..42355755 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 include ../../swh-docs/Makefile.sphinx
+
+APIDOC_EXCLUDES += ../swh/*/settings/*
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 961eccb6..cab6f17a 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 import os
 import django
 
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE",
                       "swh.deposit.settings.development")
 django.setup()
 
-from swh.docs.sphinx.conf import *  # noqa
-from swh.docs.sphinx.conf import autodoc_mock_imports
-
-autodoc_mock_imports += [
-    'swh.deposit.settings',
-]
+from swh.docs.sphinx.conf import *  # NoQA