diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c341735c9..c02b3a670 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -506,7 +506,9 @@ if(BUILD_DOCS)
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${SPHINX_OUTPUT})
 
     install(DIRECTORY ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/docs/html/
-        DESTINATION ${DFHACK_USERDOC_DESTINATION}/docs)
+        DESTINATION ${DFHACK_USERDOC_DESTINATION}/docs
+        FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*"
+                       PATTERN html/_sources EXCLUDE)
     install(DIRECTORY ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/docs/text/
         DESTINATION ${DFHACK_USERDOC_DESTINATION}/docs)
     install(FILES docs/changelogs/news.rst docs/changelogs/news-dev.rst DESTINATION ${DFHACK_USERDOC_DESTINATION})
diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index ff4cdc59d..0eaeb95f7 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -316,6 +316,9 @@ html_domain_indices = False
 # If false, no genindex.html is generated.
 html_use_index = True
 
+# don't link to rst sources in the generated pages
+html_show_sourcelink = False
+
 html_css_files = [
     'dfhack.css',
 ]