diff --git a/tests/test_build_manpage.py b/tests/test_build_manpage.py
index 0b7ce2396c9..c72612b3cfe 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_manpage.py
+++ b/tests/test_build_manpage.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def test_all(app, status, warning):
 @pytest.mark.sphinx('man', testroot='basic',
                     confoverrides={'man_make_section_directory': True})
 def test_man_make_section_directory(app, status, warning):
-    app.build()
+    app.build(True)
     assert (app.outdir / 'man1' / 'python.1').exists()
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_build_texinfo.py b/tests/test_build_texinfo.py
index 546ccaabf4b..d13cc544abb 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_texinfo.py
+++ b/tests/test_build_texinfo.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def test_texinfo(app, status, warning):
 
 @pytest.mark.sphinx('texinfo', testroot='markup-rubric')
 def test_texinfo_rubric(app, status, warning):
-    app.build()
+    app.build(True)
 
     output = (app.outdir / 'python.texi').read_text()
     assert '@heading This is a rubric' in output