diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d14e1d89..f01d04b4 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -45,38 +45,9 @@ jobs:
       - store_artifacts:
           path: /tmp/docs
           destination: docs
-  docs-deploy:
-    docker:
-      - image: node
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - attach_workspace:
-          at: /tmp
-      - run: 
-          name: Disable jekyll builds
-          command: touch /tmp/docs/.nojekyll
-      - run:
-          name: Install and configure dependencies
-          command: |
-            npm install -g --silent gh-pages@3.0.0
-            git config user.email "noel.merket@nrel.gov"
-            git config user.name "Noel Merket CI Bot"
-      - add_ssh_keys:
-          fingerprints:
-            - "78:38:f3:2e:94:a6:20:46:3e:40:ee:31:3d:1e:95:09"
-      - run:
-          name: Deploy docs to gh-pages branch
-          command: gh-pages --dotfiles --message "[skip ci] update api docs" --dist /tmp/docs
 
 workflows:
   version: 2
   build-test-deploy:
     jobs:
       - build
-      - docs-deploy:
-          requires:
-            - build
-          filters:
-            branches:
-              only: develop
-
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6582a71a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: 2
+
+sphinx:
+  configuration: docs/conf.py
+
+python:
+  version: 3.8
+  install:
+    - method: pip
+      path: .
+      extra_requirements:
+        - dev
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