diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index d75839ad02d1..b755f3986c93 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -67,19 +67,21 @@
     'sphinx_design',
     'code_annotations.contrib.sphinx.extensions.featuretoggles',
     'code_annotations.contrib.sphinx.extensions.settings',
-    'autoapi.extension',
+    # 'autoapi.extension',  # Temporarily disabled
 ]
 
-autoapi_type = 'python'
-autoapi_dirs = ['../lms/djangoapps', '../openedx/core/djangoapps', "../openedx/features"]
-
-autoapi_ignore = [
-    '*/migrations/*',
-    '*/tests/*',
-    '*.pyc',
-    '__init__.py',
-    '**/xblock_serializer/data.py',
-]
+# Temporarily disabling autoapi_dirs and the AutoAPI extension due to performance issues.
+# This will unblock ReadTheDocs builds and will be revisited for optimization.
+# autoapi_type = 'python'
+# autoapi_dirs = ['../lms/djangoapps', '../openedx/core/djangoapps', "../openedx/features"]
+#
+# autoapi_ignore = [
+#     '*/migrations/*',
+#     '*/tests/*',
+#     '*.pyc',
+#     '__init__.py',
+#     '**/xblock_serializer/data.py',
+# ]
 
 # Rediraffe related settings.
 rediraffe_redirects = "redirects.txt"