diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_action_build_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/github_action_build_docs.yml
index 307c513fff..ab71612096 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_action_build_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_action_build_docs.yml
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ jobs:
           make install
 
       # fail early here, run quickstrict with aborts also on warnings
-      - name: Quick-test docs (no autodocs)
-        run: |
-          cd docs/
-          make quickstrict
+      # - name: Quick-test docs (no autodocs)
+      #   run: |
+      #     cd docs/
+      #     make quickstrict
 
       - name: Deploy docs (only from master/develop branch)
         if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'}}
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.name "Doc builder mechanism"
           cd docs
           make mv-local
-          echo "Would deploy here!"
+          make deploy
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index f494267793..e1b5f185cc 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ pdf:
 	@echo "To see result, open evennia/docs/build/latex/evennia.pdf in a PDF reader."
 
 quick:
+	make _check-env
 	make _quick_autodoc-index
-	make _quick-html-build $(FILES)
+	make _html-build
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "Documentation built (single version, no autodocs)."
 	@echo "To see result, open evennia/docs/build/html/index.html in a browser."