diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 02a83a17..a6a2266f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ endif
 
 pdf:
 ifneq ($(strip $(parallel)),)
-	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M jupyterpdf "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(FILES) $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O) -D jupyter_latex_template="latex.tpl" -D jupyter_latex_template_book="latex_book.tpl" -D jupyter_images_markdown=1 -D jupyter_execute_notebooks=1 -D jupyter_target_pdf=1 -D jupyter_number_workers=$(parallel)
+	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M jupyterpdf "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(FILES) $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O) -D jupyter_latex_template="latex.tpl" -D jupyter_latex_template_book="latex_book.tpl" -D jupyter_images_markdown=1 -D jupyter_execute_notebooks=1 -D jupyter_pdf_book=1 -D jupyter_target_pdf=1 -D jupyter_number_workers=$(parallel)
 
 else
-	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M jupyterpdf "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(FILES) $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O) -D jupyter_latex_template="latex.tpl" -D jupyter_latex_template_book="latex_book.tpl" -D jupyter_images_markdown=1 -D jupyter_execute_notebooks=1 -D jupyter_target_pdf=1
+	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M jupyterpdf "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(FILES) $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O) -D jupyter_latex_template="latex.tpl" -D jupyter_latex_template_book="latex_book.tpl" -D jupyter_images_markdown=1 -D jupyter_execute_notebooks=1 -D jupyter_pdf_book=1 -D jupyter_target_pdf=1
 endif
 
 constructor-pdf:
diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index 0e6bc21e..f08de307 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@
 jupyter_pdf_urlpath = "https://lectures.quantecon.org/py/"
 
 # make book
-jupyter_pdf_book = True
+jupyter_pdf_book = False
 
 # book title
 jupyter_pdf_book_title = "Quantitative Economics with Python"