diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 046228b1926334b0bb3e1e6c311f005ce79bac0c..548ec88c0d414d12a1ae04c164356b20a4da90f0 100755
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ else:
     import site
     p = site.getsitepackages()[0]
     sys.path.insert(0, p)
-    os.environ[b"CC"] = b"x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc"
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/rtd_environment.yml b/docs/rtd_environment.yml
index e4fb434d85a0372f272a93c0a184faa6bc60c466..f7714abcca1aa7fb1cf7020249c51bf5d285bfbc 100644
--- a/docs/rtd_environment.yml
+++ b/docs/rtd_environment.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,4 @@ dependencies:
   - sphinx
   - sphinx_rtd_theme
   - mock
-  - pillow
-  - pip
-  - pip:
-    - recommonmark
-    - readthedocs-sphinx-ext
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+  - pillow
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