diff --git a/src/tools/qdoc/main.cpp b/src/tools/qdoc/main.cpp
index 246e4d2d82..4573724137 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdoc/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qdoc/main.cpp
@@ -393,6 +393,10 @@ static void processQdocconfFile(const QString &fileName)
     QMap<QString,QString> headers;
     QMultiMap<QString,QString> headerFileNames;
     for (int i=0; i<headerList.size(); ++i) {
+        if (headerList[i].contains(QString("doc/snippets")))
+            continue;
+        if (headers.contains(headerList[i]))
+            continue;
         headers.insert(headerList[i],headerList[i]);
         QString t = headerList[i].mid(headerList[i].lastIndexOf('/')+1);
         headerFileNames.insert(t,t);
@@ -403,6 +407,10 @@ static void processQdocconfFile(const QString &fileName)
     QMap<QString,QString> sources;
     QMultiMap<QString,QString> sourceFileNames;
     for (int i=0; i<sourceList.size(); ++i) {
+        if (sourceList[i].contains(QString("doc/snippets")))
+            continue;
+        if (sources.contains(sourceList[i]))
+            continue;
         sources.insert(sourceList[i],sourceList[i]);
         QString t = sourceList[i].mid(sourceList[i].lastIndexOf('/')+1);
         sourceFileNames.insert(t,t);