diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index a480b305d2..b85b4bc27f 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 # Required
 version: 2
 
-# Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
-sphinx:
-  configuration: docs/conf.py
-
 # Build documentation with MkDocs
 mkdocs:
   configuration: mkdocs.yml