diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.yml
index f66eae3d5915..3f7dd1c6086a 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.yml
@@ -139,19 +139,6 @@ build_docs_html_partial:
       - DOCLANG: "zh_CN"
         DOCTGT: "esp32p4"
 
-build_docs_pdf:
-  extends:
-    - .build_docs_template
-    - .doc-rules:build:docs-full
-  artifacts:
-    when: always
-    paths:
-      - docs/_build/*/*/latex/*
-    expire_in: 4 days
-  allow_failure: true # TODO IDFCI-2216
-  variables:
-    DOC_BUILDERS: "latex"
-
 .deploy_docs_template:
   image: $ESP_IDF_DOC_ENV_IMAGE
   variables:
@@ -180,8 +167,6 @@ deploy_docs_preview:
       optional: true
     - job: build_docs_html_full
       optional: true
-    - job: build_docs_pdf
-      optional: true
   variables:
     TYPE: "preview"
     # older branches use DOCS_DEPLOY_KEY, DOCS_SERVER, DOCS_SERVER_USER, DOCS_PATH for preview server so we keep these names for 'preview'
@@ -202,7 +187,6 @@ deploy_docs_production:
   dependencies:  # set dependencies to null to avoid missing artifacts issue
   needs: # ensure runs after push_to_github succeeded
     - build_docs_html_full
-    - build_docs_pdf
     - job: push_to_github
       artifacts: false
   variables:
diff --git a/docs/conf_common.py b/docs/conf_common.py
index abfc7d3efb50..c5918df271fb 100644
--- a/docs/conf_common.py
+++ b/docs/conf_common.py
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@
                'esp_docs.idf_extensions.kconfig_reference',
                'esp_docs.idf_extensions.gen_idf_tools_links',
                'esp_docs.esp_extensions.run_doxygen',
+               'esp_docs.esp_extensions.add_html_zip',
                'linuxdoc.rstFlatTable',  # https://return42.github.io/linuxdoc/linuxdoc-howto/table-markup.html#flat-table
                ]
 
diff --git a/docs/en/conf.py b/docs/en/conf.py
index c69e51b6427d..dbb6edf29117 100644
--- a/docs/en/conf.py
+++ b/docs/en/conf.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+# type: ignore
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # English Language RTD & Sphinx config file
 #
 # Uses ../conf_common.py for most non-language-specific settings.
-
 # Importing conf_common adds all the non-language-specific
 # parts to this conf module
 try:
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
 language = 'en'
+
+html_zip = f'esp-idf-{language}-{release}'  # noqa: F405
diff --git a/docs/zh_CN/conf.py b/docs/zh_CN/conf.py
index cc6fbc27121a..cf62a26e9292 100644
--- a/docs/zh_CN/conf.py
+++ b/docs/zh_CN/conf.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+# type: ignore
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # English Language RTD & Sphinx config file
 #
 # Uses ../conf_common.py for most non-language-specific settings.
-
 # Importing conf_common adds all the non-language-specific
 # parts to this conf module
 try:
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
 language = 'zh_CN'
+
+html_zip = f'esp-idf-{language}-{release}'  # noqa: F405