diff --git a/readthedocs.yml b/readthedocs.yml
index 3d017489c24984723b020ef88bd95922020fc6a3..5d3b36c799fcac92110e340a4a37dce379401ced 100644
--- a/readthedocs.yml
+++ b/readthedocs.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 conda:
     file: environment.yml
-
-python:
-   version: 3.5