diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 52b04f2e..af0098a3 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,9 @@
-sphinx_rtd_theme
\ No newline at end of file
+sphinx_rtd_theme
+numpy
+labthings
+expiringdict
+sangaboard
+typing_extensions
+pillow
+piexif
+python-dateutil
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 056851ff..a59f7712 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -54,16 +54,6 @@ mock_imports = [
     "picamerax",
     "picamerax.array",
     "picamerax.mmalobj",
-    "numpy",
-    "labthings",
-    "labthings.json",
-    "expiringdict",
-    "dateutil",
-    "dateutil.parser",
-    "typing_extensions",
-    "PIL",
-    "sangaboard",
-    "piexif",
 ]
 
 sys.modules.update((mod_name, Mock()) for mod_name in mock_imports)