diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index d0481c8c7..c46338f90 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 Sphinx==4.5.0
-sphinxcontrib-napoleon==0.7
 sphinx-rtd-theme==0.5.1
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 31e50314e..9ab1a2fbf 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
 # ones.
 extensions = [
-    'sphinx.ext.autodoc', 'sphinx.ext.viewcode', 'sphinxcontrib.napoleon'
+    'sphinx.ext.autodoc', 'sphinx.ext.viewcode', 'sphinx.ext.napoleon'
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.