diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 41bc941e7..6b3e950f3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,17 +21,3 @@ install:
 script:
 # Runs unit tests
 - tox
-
-# Build docs pages only from master branch
-- if [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" = "master" ]; then make build-docs; fi
-
-deploy:
-# Deploy the docs to Github Pages *only* from master branch
-- provider: pages
-  skip_cleanup: true
-  local_dir: docs/website/_build/html
-  github_token: $GITHUB_TOKEN # Set in travis-ci.org dashboard
-  keep-history: true
-  on:
-      branch: master
-
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ed57f7a1b..f4a0fc9b4 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ test:
 	$(info [*] Run the unit test with minimum code coverage of $(CODE_COVERAGE)%...)
 	@pytest --cov samtranslator --cov-report term-missing --cov-fail-under $(CODE_COVERAGE) tests
 
-build-docs:
-	$(info [*] Build documentation...)
-	@pip install -r docs/website/requirements.txt
-	@$(MAKE) -C docs/website html
-
 # Command to run everytime you make changes to verify everything works
 dev: flake test
 
diff --git a/docs/website/Makefile b/docs/website/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 55c135a98..000000000
--- a/docs/website/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    = SAM
-SOURCEDIR     = ../
-BUILDDIR      = _build
-
-# Put it first so that "make" without argument is like "make help".
-help:
-	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(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 $(SPHINXOPTS).
-%: Makefile
-	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
diff --git a/docs/website/_static/custom.css b/docs/website/_static/custom.css
deleted file mode 100644
index b405c3ae3..000000000
--- a/docs/website/_static/custom.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-img.logo {
-    max-height: 100px;
-}
-
-h1.logo-name {
-    font-size: 1.5em;
-    text-align: center;
-}
-
-
-.sphinxsidebarwrapper .blurb {
-    text-align: center;
-}
-
-.github-badge {
-    text-align: center;
-}
-
-blockquote {
-    background: #f9f9f9;
-    border-left: 10px solid #ccc;
-    margin: 1.5em 10px;
-    padding: 0.5em 10px;
-    quotes: "\201C""\201D""\2018""\2019";
-}
-
-div.topic {
-    background-color: transparent;
-    border: none;
-}
-
-div.sphinxsidebarwrapper > ul > li {
-    /* Add additional padding between first-level elements in side-bar navigation */
-    padding-bottom: 10px;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/website/_static/logo.png b/docs/website/_static/logo.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 678d3e078..000000000
Binary files a/docs/website/_static/logo.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/docs/website/_templates/about.html b/docs/website/_templates/about.html
deleted file mode 100644
index d76cb4eb7..000000000
--- a/docs/website/_templates/about.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-{% if theme_logo %}
-<p class="logo">
-  <a href="{{ pathto(master_doc) }}">
-    <img class="logo" src="{{ pathto('_static/' ~ theme_logo, 1) }}" alt="Logo"/>
-    {% if theme_logo_name|lower == 'true' %}
-    <h1 class="logo logo-name">{{ project }}</h1>
-    {% endif %}
-  </a>
-</p>
-{% else %}
-<h1 class="logo"><a href="{{ pathto(master_doc) }}">{{ project }}</a></h1>
-{% endif %}
-
-{% if theme_description %}
-<p class="blurb">{{ theme_description }}</p>
-{% endif %}
-
-{% if theme_github_user and theme_github_repo %}
-{% if theme_github_button|lower == 'true' %}
-<p class="github-badge">
-<iframe src="https://ghbtns.com/github-btn.html?user={{ theme_github_user }}&repo={{ theme_github_repo }}&type={{ theme_github_type }}&count={{ theme_github_count }}&v=2"
-  allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="0" width="100px" height="35px"></iframe>
-</p>
-{% endif %}
-{% endif %}
-
-{% if theme_travis_button|lower != 'false' %}
-{% if theme_travis_button|lower == 'true' %}
-    {% set path = theme_github_user + '/' + theme_github_repo %}
-{% else %}
-    {% set path = theme_travis_button %}
-{% endif %}
-<p>
-<a href="https://travis-ci.org/{{ path }}">
-    <img
-        alt="https://secure.travis-ci.org/{{ path }}.svg?branch={{ theme_badge_branch }}"
-        src="https://secure.travis-ci.org/{{ path }}.svg?branch={{ theme_badge_branch }}"
-    />
-</a>
-</p>
-{% endif %}
-
-{% if theme_codecov_button|lower != 'false' %}
-{% if theme_codecov_button|lower == 'true' %}
-    {% set path = theme_github_user + '/' + theme_github_repo %}
-{% else %}
-    {% set path = theme_codecov_button %}
-{% endif %}
-<p>
-<a href="https://codecov.io/github/{{ path }}">
-    <img
-    alt="https://codecov.io/github/{{ path }}/coverage.svg?branch={{ theme_badge_branch }}"
-    src="https://codecov.io/github/{{ path }}/coverage.svg?branch={{ theme_badge_branch }}"
-    />
-</a>
-</p>
-{% endif %}
diff --git a/docs/website/requirements.txt b/docs/website/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9df3d56fe..000000000
--- a/docs/website/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-alabaster==0.7.10
-Babel==2.5.3
-certifi==2017.11.5
-chardet==3.0.4
-CommonMark==0.5.4
-docutils==0.14
-idna==2.6
-imagesize==0.7.1
-Jinja2>=2.10.1
-MarkupSafe==1.0
-Pygments==2.2.0
-pytz==2017.3
-recommonmark==0.4.0
-requests>=2.20.0
-six==1.11.0
-snowballstemmer==1.2.1
-Sphinx==1.6.6
-sphinx-rtd-theme==0.2.4
-sphinxcontrib-websupport==1.0.1
-typing==3.6.2
-urllib3>=1.23