diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index faf10f5f7f..ec069fff96 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ html: xmlgen $(VENV) $(SPHINXCONFIG)/conf.py $(ANCHORCHECK) $(MATHJAX)
 	@if [ "$(HAS_BASH)" == "NO" ] ; then echo "bash was not found at $(OSHELL)! Please use: $(MAKE) SHELL=/path/to/bash" 1>&2; exit 1; fi
 	@$(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) -C graphviz all
 	@(\
-		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= \
+		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 		sphinx-build -E $(SPHINXEXTRA) -b html -c $(SPHINXCONFIG) -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(RSTDIR) html ;\
-		touch $(RSTDIR)/Fortran.rst ;\
+		touch $(RSTDIR)/Fortran.rst ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 		sphinx-build $(SPHINXEXTRA) -b html -c $(SPHINXCONFIG) -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(RSTDIR) html ;\
 		ln -sf Manual.html html/index.html;\
 		rm -f $(BUILDDIR)/doxygen/xml/run.stamp;\
-		echo "############################################" ;\
+		echo "############################################" ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 		rst_anchor_check src/*.rst ;\
 		python $(BUILDDIR)/utils/check-packages.py -s ../src -d src ;\
 		env LC_ALL=C grep -n '[^ -~]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ;\
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ fasthtml: xmlgen $(VENV) $(SPHINXCONFIG)/conf.py $(ANCHORCHECK) $(MATHJAX)
 	@$(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) -C graphviz all
 	@mkdir -p fasthtml
 	@(\
-		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= \
+		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 		sphinx-build $(SPHINXEXTRA) -b html -c $(SPHINXCONFIG) -d $(BUILDDIR)/fasthtml/doctrees $(RSTDIR) fasthtml ;\
-		touch $(RSTDIR)/Fortran.rst ;\
+		touch $(RSTDIR)/Fortran.rst ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 		sphinx-build $(SPHINXEXTRA) -b html -c $(SPHINXCONFIG) -d $(BUILDDIR)/fasthtml/doctrees $(RSTDIR) fasthtml ;\
 		deactivate ;\
 	)
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ fasthtml: xmlgen $(VENV) $(SPHINXCONFIG)/conf.py $(ANCHORCHECK) $(MATHJAX)
 spelling: xmlgen $(SPHINXCONFIG)/conf.py $(VENV) $(SPHINXCONFIG)/false_positives.txt
 	@if [ "$(HAS_BASH)" == "NO" ] ; then echo "bash was not found at $(OSHELL)! Please use: $(MAKE) SHELL=/path/to/bash" 1>&2; exit 1; fi
 	@(\
-		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= \
-		cp $(SPHINXCONFIG)/false_positives.txt $(RSTDIR)/ ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= \
+		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ; \
+		cp $(SPHINXCONFIG)/false_positives.txt $(RSTDIR)/;  env PYTHONWARNINGS= PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 		sphinx-build -b spelling -c $(SPHINXCONFIG) -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(RSTDIR) spelling ;\
 		rm -f $(BUILDDIR)/doxygen/xml/run.stamp;\
 		deactivate ;\
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ epub: xmlgen $(VENV) $(SPHINXCONFIG)/conf.py $(ANCHORCHECK)
 	@rm -f LAMMPS.epub
 	@cp src/JPG/*.* epub/JPG
 	@(\
-		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ;\
+		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 		sphinx-build -E $(SPHINXEXTRA) -b epub -c $(SPHINXCONFIG) -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(RSTDIR) epub ;\
-		touch $(RSTDIR)/Fortran.rst ;\
+		touch $(RSTDIR)/Fortran.rst ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 		sphinx-build $(SPHINXEXTRA) -b epub -c $(SPHINXCONFIG) -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(RSTDIR) epub ;\
 		rm -f $(BUILDDIR)/doxygen/xml/run.stamp;\
 		deactivate ;\
@@ -167,12 +167,12 @@ pdf: xmlgen $(VENV) $(SPHINXCONFIG)/conf.py $(ANCHORCHECK)
 	@$(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) -C graphviz all
 	@if [ "$(HAS_PDFLATEX)" == "NO" ] ; then echo "PDFLaTeX or latexmk were not found! Please check README for further instructions" 1>&2; exit 1; fi
 	@(\
-		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= \
+		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 		sphinx-build -E $(SPHINXEXTRA) -b latex -c $(SPHINXCONFIG) -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(RSTDIR) latex ;\
-		touch $(RSTDIR)/Fortran.rst ;\
+		touch $(RSTDIR)/Fortran.rst ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 		sphinx-build  $(SPHINXEXTRA) -b latex -c $(SPHINXCONFIG) -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(RSTDIR) latex ;\
 		rm -f $(BUILDDIR)/doxygen/xml/run.stamp;\
-		echo "############################################" ;\
+		echo "############################################" ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 		rst_anchor_check src/*.rst ;\
 		python utils/check-packages.py -s ../src -d src ;\
 		env LC_ALL=C grep -n '[^ -~]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ;\
@@ -200,21 +200,21 @@ pdf: xmlgen $(VENV) $(SPHINXCONFIG)/conf.py $(ANCHORCHECK)
 
 anchor_check : $(ANCHORCHECK)
 	@(\
-		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ;\
+		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 		rst_anchor_check src/*.rst ;\
 		deactivate ;\
 	)
 
 style_check : $(VENV)
 	@(\
-		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ;\
+		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 		python utils/check-styles.py -s ../src -d src ;\
 		deactivate ;\
 	)
 
 package_check : $(VENV)
 	@(\
-		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ;\
+		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ; env PYTHONWARNINGS= PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \\
 		python utils/check-packages.py -s ../src -d src ;\
 		deactivate ;\
 	)
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ $(MATHJAX):
 
 $(ANCHORCHECK): $(VENV)
 	@( \
-		. $(VENV)/bin/activate; \
+		. $(VENV)/bin/activate; env PYTHONWARNINGS= PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 		pip $(PIP_OPTIONS) install -e utils/converters;\
 		deactivate;\
 	)