diff --git a/readthedocs.yml b/readthedocs.yml
index 57213f5dc0..f8bad7ae60 100644
--- a/readthedocs.yml
+++ b/readthedocs.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ version: 2
 python:
     version: 3.7
     install:
-      - method: setuptools
-        path: .
+      - path: .
       - requirements: docs/requirements.txt