diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 493f52efeb..3af69a3472 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-BUILDDIR      = _build
-DOXYGEN_XML=doxygen/xml
+BUILDDIR    = _build
+DOXYGEN_XML = doxygen/xml
 
-all: ${DOXYGEN_XML} dev
+all: ${DOXYGEN_XML}
+	./build.sh
 
 ${DOXYGEN_XML}: ../c/tskit/*.h
 	cd doxygen && doxygen
 
-dev:
-	uv --project=../python run jupyter-book build -Wn --keep-going .
-
 clean:
 	rm -fR $(BUILDDIR) $(DOXYGEN_XML)
diff --git a/docs/build.sh b/docs/build.sh
index d454c14173..5c1a4cf86f 100755
--- a/docs/build.sh
+++ b/docs/build.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 REPORTDIR=_build/html/reports
 
-jupyter-book build -Wn --keep-going .
+uv run --project=../python --group docs jupyter-book build . -vnW --keep-going
 RETVAL=$?
 if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then
     if [ -e $REPORTDIR ]; then