diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 7959a0862f547..0386f7676e0be 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -304,7 +304,9 @@ def __call__(self, directory):
         'branch': binder_branch,
         'dependencies': './binder/requirements.txt',
         'use_jupyter_lab': True
-    }
+    },
+    # avoid generating too many cross links
+    'inspect_global_variables': False,
 }