diff --git a/python-pillow.spec b/python-pillow.spec
index 3cd8483..993150b 100644
--- a/python-pillow.spec
+++ b/python-pillow.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 %global srcname pillow
 # bootstrap building docs (pillow is required by docutils, docutils are
 #  required by sphinx; pillow build-requires sphinx)
-%global with_docs 1
+%if 0%{?el9}
+%bcond_without bootstrap
+%else
+%bcond_with bootstrap
+%endif
 
 Name:           python-%{srcname}
 Version:        9.0.0
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-olefile
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-pytest
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-qt5
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-setuptools
-%if 0%{?with_docs}
+%if %{without bootstrap}
 BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-sphinx
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-sphinx-copybutton
@@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ Qt %{srcname} image wrapper.
 # Build Python 3 modules
 %py3_build
 
-%if 0%{?with_docs}
+%if %{without bootstrap}
 PYTHONPATH=$PWD/build/%py3_libbuilddir make -C docs html BUILDDIR=_build_py3 SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build-%python3_version
 rm -f docs/_build_py3/html/.buildinfo
 %endif
@@ -179,8 +183,8 @@ popd
 %files -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{srcname}-devel
 %{py3_incdir}/Imaging/
 
+%if %{without bootstrap}
 %files -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{srcname}-doc
-%if 0%{?with_docs}
 %doc docs/_build_py3/html
 %endif