diff --git a/doc/publican/meson.build b/doc/publican/meson.build
index 9704f29a..6be7bad3 100644
--- a/doc/publican/meson.build
+++ b/doc/publican/meson.build
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ custom_target(
 	'Wayland-docbook-html',
 	command: [
 		xmlto,
-		'--skip-validation',
 		'--stringparam', 'chunker.output.encoding=UTF-8',
 		'--stringparam', 'chunk.section.depth=0',
 		'--stringparam', 'toc.section.depth=1',