diff --git a/datafusion-cli/Cargo.lock b/datafusion-cli/Cargo.lock
index c871b2fdda08e..015bc1e0c382b 100644
--- a/datafusion-cli/Cargo.lock
+++ b/datafusion-cli/Cargo.lock
@@ -1517,7 +1517,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "datafusion-macros"
 version = "43.0.0"
 dependencies = [
- "datafusion-doc",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn",
diff --git a/datafusion/macros/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/macros/Cargo.toml
index c5ac9d08dffa1..07aa07fa927ae 100644
--- a/datafusion/macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ workspace = true
 
 [lib]
 name = "datafusion_macros"
-path = "src/lib.rs"
+# lib.rs to be re-added in the future
+path = "src/user_doc.rs"
 proc-macro = true
 
 [dependencies]
-datafusion-doc = { workspace = true }
 proc-macro2 = "1.0"
 quote = "1.0.37"
 syn = { version = "2.0.79", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/datafusion/macros/src/lib.rs b/datafusion/macros/src/user_doc.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from datafusion/macros/src/lib.rs
rename to datafusion/macros/src/user_doc.rs