diff --git a/requirements-docs.txt b/requirements-docs.txt
index e9704b8ebf..b8e469f8e4 100644
--- a/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-.[docs]
+".[docs]"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4892c249d7..44366edb23 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     ],
     "docs": [
         "mock",
-        "sphinx-better-theme>=0.1.4",
         "click>=5.1",
         "configparser==3.5.0",
         "contextlib2>=0.5.4",