diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index fcc91d58..80a85e4b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
 # ones.
-extensions = ["sphinx.ext.autodoc", "recommonmark"]
+extensions = ["sphinx.ext.autodoc", "recommonmark", "sphinx_rtd_theme"]
 autodoc_member_order = "bysource"
 autodoc_inherit_docstrings = False
 
@@ -122,15 +122,7 @@
 
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
-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()]
+html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
 
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the