diff --git a/ESSArch_PP/docs/conf.py b/ESSArch_PP/docs/conf.py
index ac937ded5..b2fb5b5ba 100644
--- a/ESSArch_PP/docs/conf.py
+++ b/ESSArch_PP/docs/conf.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 # sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
 
-import django
 import inspect
 import os
 import sys
@@ -53,8 +52,6 @@
 
 os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'config.settings')
 
-django.setup()
-
 # Stop Django from executing DB queries
 from django.db.models.query import QuerySet  # noqa
 QuerySet.__repr__ = lambda self: self.__class__.__name__