diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index d60c18162..c425804db 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,3 @@ build:
 
 sphinx:
    configuration: docs/source/conf.py
-
-python:
-   install:
-   - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ef36addc6..000000000
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-sphinxcontrib-bibtex
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index e322267b8..600e7f666 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -50,11 +50,10 @@
     'sphinx.ext.ifconfig',
     'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
     'sphinx.ext.githubpages',
-    'sphinx.ext.napoleon',
-    'sphinxcontrib.bibtex'
+    'sphinx.ext.napoleon
 ]
 
-bibtex_bibfiles = ['references.bib']
+#bibtex_bibfiles = ['references.bib']
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ['_templates']