diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index d99696ef..1f0b62d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: doc8 $(git ls-files '*.rst')
       - run: rstcheck --ignore-directives automodule $(git ls-files '*.rst')
       - run: yamllint --strict $(git ls-files '*.yaml' '*.yml')
-      - run: python setup.py build_sphinx
+      - run: make -C docs html
       - name: Check for broken links in documentation
         run: make -C docs linkcheck
 
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 8223a7d0..0426d425 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 
 # You can set these variables from the command line.
-SPHINXOPTS    =
+SPHINXOPTS    = -W
 SPHINXBUILD   = sphinx-build
 PAPER         =
 BUILDDIR      = _build
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a14f0f70..501fc04a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@ import-order-style = pep8
 application-import-names = yamllint
 ignore = W503,W504
 
-[build_sphinx]
-all-files = 1
-source-dir = docs
-build-dir = docs/_build
-warning-is-error = 1
-
 [metadata]
 keywords =
   yaml