diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/openstack/openstack-image.nix b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/openstack/openstack-image.nix
index 6638eb099938..6728a98758b8 100644
--- a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/openstack/openstack-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/openstack/openstack-image.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 # nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos>' -A config.system.build.openstackImage --arg configuration "{ imports = [ ./nixos/maintainers/scripts/openstack/openstack-image.nix ]; }"
 
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  copyChannel = true;
+in
 {
   imports = [
-    ../../../modules/installer/cd-dvd/channel.nix
     ../../../modules/virtualisation/openstack-config.nix
-  ];
+  ] ++ (lib.optional copyChannel ../../../modules/installer/cd-dvd/channel.nix);
+
+  documentation.enable = copyChannel;
 
   system.build.openstackImage = import ../../../lib/make-disk-image.nix {
-    inherit lib config;
+    inherit lib config copyChannel;
     additionalSpace = "1024M";
     pkgs = import ../../../.. { inherit (pkgs) system; }; # ensure we use the regular qemu-kvm package
     format = "qcow2";