diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4532f1718a..bd60f3e741 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ build-system-ubuntu:
     TARGETS: aarch64-softmmu alpha-softmmu cris-softmmu hppa-softmmu
       moxie-softmmu microblazeel-softmmu mips64el-softmmu
     MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-build
-    CONFIGURE_ARGS: --enable-docs
   artifacts:
     expire_in: 2 days
     paths:
@@ -111,7 +110,6 @@ build-system-debian:
     TARGETS: arm-softmmu avr-softmmu i386-softmmu mipsel-softmmu
       riscv64-softmmu sh4eb-softmmu sparc-softmmu xtensaeb-softmmu
     MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-build
-    CONFIGURE_ARGS: --enable-docs
   artifacts:
     expire_in: 2 days
     paths:
@@ -126,6 +124,17 @@ check-system-debian:
     IMAGE: debian-amd64
     MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check
 
+build-tools-and-docs-debian:
+  <<: *native_build_job_definition
+  variables:
+    IMAGE: debian-amd64
+    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: ctags TAGS cscope
+    CONFIGURE_ARGS: --disable-system --disable-user --enable-docs --enable-tools
+  artifacts:
+    expire_in: 2 days
+    paths:
+      - build
+
 acceptance-system-debian:
   <<: *native_test_job_definition
   needs:
@@ -596,14 +605,21 @@ build-libvhost-user:
     - meson
     - ninja
 
+# Prepare for GitLab pages deployment. Anything copied into the
+# "public" directory will be deployed to $USER.gitlab.io/$PROJECT
 pages:
-  image: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/qemu/ubuntu2004:latest
+  image: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/qemu/debian-amd64:latest
   stage: test
   needs:
-    - job: build-system-ubuntu
-      artifacts: true
+    - job: build-tools-and-docs-debian
   script:
-    - mkdir public
+    - mkdir -p public
+    # HTML-ised source tree
+    - make gtags
+    - htags -anT --tree-view=filetree -m qemu_init
+        -t "Welcome to the QEMU sourcecode"
+    - mv HTML public/src
+    # Project documentation
     - mv build/docs/index.html public/
     - for i in devel interop specs system tools user ; do mv build/docs/$i public/ ; done
   artifacts:
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f2a101936c..3b574a5968 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -148,22 +148,6 @@ jobs:
         - CACHE_NAME="${TRAVIS_BRANCH}-linux-gcc-default"
 
 
-    # Check we can build docs and tools (out of tree)
-    - name: "tools and docs (bionic)"
-      dist: bionic
-      env:
-        - BUILD_DIR="out-of-tree/build/dir" SRC_DIR="../../.."
-        - BASE_CONFIG="--enable-tools --enable-docs"
-        - CONFIG="--target-list=x86_64-softmmu,aarch64-linux-user"
-        - CACHE_NAME="${TRAVIS_BRANCH}-linux-gcc-default"
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          packages:
-            - ninja-build
-            - python3-sphinx
-            - perl
-
-
     # Test with Clang for compile portability (Travis uses clang-5.0)
     - name: "Clang (user)"
       env: