diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index b4612b46..00000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-SHELL := /bin/bash -euxo pipefail
-.PHONY: docs
-docs:
-	uv run --extra=dev sphinx-build -M html docs/source docs/build -W
-
-.PHONY: open-docs
-open-docs:
-	python -c 'import os, webbrowser; webbrowser.open("file://" + os.path.abspath("docs/build/html/index.html"))'
diff --git a/docs/source/contributing.rst b/docs/source/contributing.rst
index 21e5dbe8..0e531220 100644
--- a/docs/source/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/source/contributing.rst
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ Run the following commands to build and view documentation locally:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   $ make docs
-   $ make open-docs
+   $ uv run --extra=dev sphinx-build -M html docs/source docs/build -W
+   $ python -c 'import os, webbrowser; webbrowser.open("file://" + os.path.abspath("docs/build/html/index.html"))'
 
 Continuous integration
 ----------------------