diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 6c0ad792..6ba8bc78 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-openflexure-microscope
 sphinxcontrib.httpdomain
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diff --git a/readthedocs.yaml b/readthedocs.yaml
index ae12f6b2..b05eb087 100644
--- a/readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/readthedocs.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 build:
   image: latest
 
-requirements_file: docs/requirements.txt
+sphinx:
+  configuration: docs/source/conf.py
 
 python:
   version: 3.5
-  
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+  pip_install: true
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