diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a6e731ba9..150a71e5b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,3 +45,6 @@ ChangeLog
 etc/*.conf
 tools/lintstack.head.py
 tools/pylint_exceptions
+
+#Linux swap file
+*.swp
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b68e9b1d4..bc258713f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ commands =
 commands = {posargs}
 
 [testenv:docs]
-commands =
-    rm -rf doc/html doc/build
-    rm -rf doc/source/apidoc doc/source/api
-    python setup.py build_sphinx
+commands = python setup.py build_sphinx
 
 [testenv:pylint]
 setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}