diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py

index c530c75..4c623b2 100644

--- a/docs/conf.py

+++ b/docs/conf.py

@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ html_theme = 'default'

 on_rtd = os.environ.get('READTHEDOCS', None) == 'True'

-if not on_rtd:  # only import and set the theme if we're building docs locally

-    import sphinx_rtd_theme

-    html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'

-    html_theme_path = [sphinx_rtd_theme.get_html_theme_path()]

 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,

 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,