diff --git a/meta-test/recipes-core/images/isar-image-ci.bb b/meta-test/recipes-core/images/isar-image-ci.bb
index a2456bec..b88e2b45 100644
--- a/meta-test/recipes-core/images/isar-image-ci.bb
+++ b/meta-test/recipes-core/images/isar-image-ci.bb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 require recipes-core/images/isar-image-base.bb
 
+ROOTFS_FEATURES += "exclude-docs"
+
 FILESEXTRAPATHS:append = ":${LAYERDIR_isar}/recipes-core/images:"
 
 # Avoid ISAR_RELEASE_CMD warning in image.bbclass
diff --git a/meta-test/recipes-core/images/isar-rootfs-ci.bb b/meta-test/recipes-core/images/isar-rootfs-ci.bb
index 4aeed71f..35f5005c 100644
--- a/meta-test/recipes-core/images/isar-rootfs-ci.bb
+++ b/meta-test/recipes-core/images/isar-rootfs-ci.bb
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ inherit multiarch
 inherit rootfs
 
 # behave similar to image class, so we can reuse the testing infrastructure
+ROOTFS_FEATURES += "exclude-docs"
 DEPENDS += "${IMAGE_INSTALL}"
 ROOTFS_PACKAGES += "${IMAGE_PREINSTALL} ${@isar_multiarch_packages('IMAGE_INSTALL', d)}"
diff --git a/testsuite/cibuilder.py b/testsuite/cibuilder.py
index 1d415084..0565f158 100755
--- a/testsuite/cibuilder.py
+++ b/testsuite/cibuilder.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL_DEFAULT = [
     'example-raw',
     'example-module-${KERNEL_NAME}',
     'enable-fsck',
-    'isar-exclude-docs',
     'samefile',
     'hello',
     'isar-disable-apt-cache',