diff --git a/site/build_docs.py b/site/build_docs.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 268d801168..eebfdf0855
--- a/site/build_docs.py
+++ b/site/build_docs.py
@@ -1,24 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 # Copyright (C) 2021 Intel Corporation
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-import os
+from pathlib import Path
 import shutil
 import subprocess
+import tarfile
+import tempfile
 
 from packaging import version
 import git
 import toml
 
-MINIMUM_VERSION='0.1.11' # the initial version for the documentation site
+ # the initial version for the documentation site
+MINIMUM_VERSION = version.Version('0.1.11')
 
 def prepare_tags(repo):
     tags = {}
     for tag in repo.tags:
         tag_version = version.parse(tag.name)
-        if tag_version >= version.Version(MINIMUM_VERSION) and not tag_version.is_prerelease:
+        if tag_version >= MINIMUM_VERSION and not tag_version.is_prerelease:
             release_version = (tag_version.major, tag_version.minor)
-            if not release_version in tags or tag_version > version.parse(tags[release_version].name):
+            if release_version not in tags or tag_version > version.parse(tags[release_version].name):
                 tags[release_version] = tag
 
     return tags.values()
@@ -34,14 +39,21 @@ def write_version_item(file_object, version, url):
         for v in versions:
             write_version_item(f, v, '{}/{}'.format(url_prefix, v))
 
-def git_checkout(tagname, cwd):
-    docs_dir = os.path.join(cwd, 'site', 'content', 'en', 'docs')
-    shutil.rmtree(docs_dir)
-    repo.git.checkout(tagname, '--', 'site/content/en/docs')
-    if tagname != "v0.1.11":
-        images_dir = os.path.join(cwd, 'site', 'content', 'en', 'images')
-        shutil.rmtree(images_dir)
-        repo.git.checkout(tagname, '--', 'site/content/en/images')
+def git_checkout(tagname, repo, temp_dir):
+    subdirs = ['site/content/en/docs']
+    if version.Version(tagname) != MINIMUM_VERSION:
+        subdirs.append('site/content/en/images')
+
+    for subdir in subdirs:
+        shutil.rmtree(temp_dir / subdir)
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryFile() as archive:
+            # `git checkout` doesn't work for this, as it modifies the index.
+            # `git restore` would work, but it's only available since Git 2.23.
+            repo.git.archive(tagname, '--', subdir, output_stream=archive)
+            archive.seek(0)
+            with tarfile.open(fileobj=archive) as tar:
+                tar.extractall(temp_dir)
 
 def change_version_menu_toml(filename, version):
     data = toml.load(filename)
@@ -51,38 +63,39 @@ def change_version_menu_toml(filename, version):
         toml.dump(data, f)
 
 def generate_docs(repo, output_dir, tags):
-    def run_hugo(content_loc, destination_dir):
-        subprocess.run([ # nosec
-                'hugo',
-                '--destination',
-                destination_dir,
-                '--config',
-                'config.toml,versioning.toml',
-            ],
-            cwd=content_loc,
-        )
-
-    cwd = repo.working_tree_dir
-    content_loc = os.path.join(cwd, 'site')
-    if not os.path.exists(output_dir):
-        os.makedirs(output_dir)
-
-    generate_versioning_config(os.path.join(cwd, 'site', 'versioning.toml'), (t.name for t in tags))
-    change_version_menu_toml(os.path.join(cwd, 'site', 'versioning.toml'), 'develop')
-    run_hugo(content_loc, output_dir)
-
-    generate_versioning_config(os.path.join(cwd, 'site', 'versioning.toml'), (t.name for t in tags), '/..')
-    for tag in tags:
-        git_checkout(tag.name, cwd)
-        destination_dir = os.path.join(output_dir, tag.name)
-        change_version_menu_toml(os.path.join(cwd, 'site', 'versioning.toml'), tag.name)
-        os.makedirs(destination_dir)
-        run_hugo(content_loc, destination_dir)
+    repo_root = Path(repo.working_tree_dir)
+
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
+        content_loc = Path(temp_dir, 'site')
+        shutil.copytree(repo_root / 'site', content_loc, symlinks=True)
+
+        def run_hugo(destination_dir):
+            subprocess.run([ # nosec
+                    'hugo',
+                    '--destination',
+                    str(destination_dir),
+                    '--config',
+                    'config.toml,versioning.toml',
+                ],
+                cwd=content_loc,
+                check=True,
+            )
+
+        versioning_toml_path = content_loc / 'versioning.toml'
+
+        generate_versioning_config(versioning_toml_path, (t.name for t in tags))
+        change_version_menu_toml(versioning_toml_path, 'develop')
+        run_hugo(output_dir)
+
+        generate_versioning_config(versioning_toml_path, (t.name for t in tags),
+            '/..')
+        for tag in tags:
+            git_checkout(tag.name, repo, Path(temp_dir))
+            change_version_menu_toml(versioning_toml_path, tag.name)
+            run_hugo(output_dir / tag.name)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    repo_root = os.getcwd()
-    repo = git.Repo(repo_root)
-    output_dir = os.path.join(repo_root, 'public')
-
-    tags = prepare_tags(repo)
-    generate_docs(repo, output_dir, tags)
+    repo_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+    with git.Repo(repo_root) as repo:
+        tags = prepare_tags(repo)
+        generate_docs(repo, repo_root / 'public', tags)
diff --git a/site/config.toml b/site/config.toml
index a966a3d441..be9754a89b 100644
--- a/site/config.toml
+++ b/site/config.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ enableRobotsTXT = true
 theme = ["docsy"]
 
 # Will give values to .Lastmod etc.
-enableGitInfo = true
+enableGitInfo = false
 
 # Language settings
 contentDir = "content/en"