diff --git a/releases/rebuild-docs.sh b/releases/rebuild-docs.sh
index 33a25a3b7..9697fa1f9 100755
--- a/releases/rebuild-docs.sh
+++ b/releases/rebuild-docs.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ if [ ! -d ~/python/esprima-python ]; then
   cd ~/python
   git clone --depth 1 -b master https://github.com/Kronuz/esprima-python
   cd ~/python/esprima-python
+  # temporary fix until https://github.com/Kronuz/esprima-python/pull/20 gets merged
+  git fetch origin pull/20/head:delete_fix
+  git checkout delete_fix
   # a) Generating docs works on Kubuntu 21.10 with this,
   #    but generating Sandstorm WeKan package does not work
   #    https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/4280