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diff --git a/doc/guides/conf.py b/doc/guides/conf.py
index c883306d..da99a3f8 100644
--- a/doc/guides/conf.py
+++ b/doc/guides/conf.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from sphinx import __version__ as sphinx_version
 from sphinx.highlighting import PygmentsBridge
 from pygments.formatters.latex import LatexFormatter
 from os import listdir
+from os import environ
 from os.path import basename
 from os.path import dirname
 from os.path import join as path_join
@@ -37,7 +38,9 @@ html_add_permalinks = ""
 html_show_copyright = False
 highlight_language = 'none'
 
-version = subprocess.check_output(['make', '-sRrC', '../../', 'showversion'])
+# If MAKEFLAGS is exported by the user, garbage text might end up in version
+version = subprocess.check_output(['make', '-sRrC', '../../', 'showversion'],
+                                  env=dict(environ, MAKEFLAGS=""))
 version = version.decode('utf-8').rstrip()
 release = version