diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 7f469b90..1a7ca912 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ version: 2
 
 python:
   version: 3.8
-  system_packages: true
   install:
     - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
     - method: pip