diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 291c6abbc..51dfb14bc 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sphinx==4.0.0
+docutils==0.17
diff --git a/docs/source/requirements.txt b/docs/source/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 291c6abbc..000000000
--- a/docs/source/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-sphinx==4.0.0