diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5c164119..4236e1a6 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ repos:
 
       - id: linkcheck
         name: linkcheck
-        entry: make -C docs/ linkcheck SPHINXOPTS=-W
+        entry: uv run --extra=dev sphinx-build -M linkcheck docs/source docs/build
+          -W
         language: python
         types_or: [rst]
         stages: [manual]
@@ -310,7 +311,8 @@ repos:
 
       - id: spelling
         name: spelling
-        entry: make -C docs/ spelling SPHINXOPTS=-W
+        entry: uv run --extra=dev sphinx-build -M spelling docs/source docs/build
+          -W
         language: python
         types_or: [rst]
         stages: [manual]
@@ -319,7 +321,7 @@ repos:
 
       - id: docs
         name: Build Documentation
-        entry: make docs
+        entry: uv run --extra=dev sphinx-build -M html docs/source docs/build -W
         language: python
         stages: [manual]
         pass_filenames: false
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 216a2574..b4612b46 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 SHELL := /bin/bash -euxo pipefail
-
-# Treat Sphinx warnings as errors
-SPHINXOPTS := -W
-
 .PHONY: docs
 docs:
-	make -C docs clean html SPHINXOPTS=$(SPHINXOPTS)
+	uv run --extra=dev sphinx-build -M html docs/source docs/build -W
 
 .PHONY: open-docs
 open-docs:
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 15e9c44b..00000000
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# Minimal makefile for Sphinx documentation
-#
-
-# You can set these variables from the command line.
-SPHINXOPTS    =
-SPHINXBUILD   = sphinx-build
-SPHINXPROJ    = VWSPYTHON
-SOURCEDIR     = source
-BUILDDIR      = build
-
-# Put it first so that "make" without argument is like "make help".
-help:
-	@uv run --extra=dev $(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
-
-.PHONY: help Makefile
-
-# Catch-all target: route all unknown targets to Sphinx using the new
-# "make mode" option.  $(O) is meant as a shortcut for $(SPHINXOPTS).
-%: Makefile
-	@uv run --extra=dev $(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)