diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 066b5523..3d9b0fd0 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ build:
 python:
   version: 3.7
   install:
-    - requirements: rtd-requirements.txt
     - method: pip
       path: .
       extra_requirements:
diff --git a/rtd-requirements.txt b/rtd-requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c00c8f9..00000000
--- a/rtd-requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-setuptools==40.8.0