diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index 6bf69af..3660d3d 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [pytest]
 norecursedirs=dist build .tox .eggs
-addopts=--doctest-modules
+# doctests disabled due to pytest-dev/pytest#3396
+# addopts=--doctest-modules
 doctest_optionflags=ALLOW_UNICODE ELLIPSIS
 # workaround for warning pytest-dev/pytest#6178
 junit_family=xunit2