--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2026-06-09 13:32:28 UTC
+++ CMakeLists.txt
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ set( TEST_OPTS "" )
 enable_testing()
 set( TEST_OPTS "" )
 
-if ( HAVE_PYTHON )
+if ( BUILD_PYTHON AND HAVE_PYTHON )
   set( TEST_OPTS "${TEST_OPTS};--with-python=${PYTHON}" )
 endif ()
 
@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ add_custom_target( installcheck
 ##################        Define Subdirectories here          ##################
 ################################################################################
 
+if (INSTALL_DOCS)
 add_subdirectory( doc )
+endif()
 add_subdirectory( bin )
 add_subdirectory( build_support )
 add_subdirectory( libnestutil )
@@ -235,7 +237,7 @@ add_subdirectory( testsuite )
 add_subdirectory( nestkernel )
 add_subdirectory( thirdparty )
 add_subdirectory( testsuite )
-if ( HAVE_PYTHON )
+if ( BUILD_PYTHON AND HAVE_PYTHON )
   add_subdirectory( pynest )
 endif ()
 
@@ -348,12 +350,10 @@ endif()
   set( CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR "nest/doc")
 endif()
 
-install( FILES LICENSE README.md
-    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}
-)
-
+if (INSTALL_EXAMPLES)
 install( DIRECTORY examples/
     DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}/examples
 )
+endif()
 
 nest_print_config_summary()