diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 4a56e99..e3c7964 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 
 html_logo = 'media/HQS.jpg'
 
+autodoc_mock_imports = ["pyscf"]
+
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ['_templates']
 
diff --git a/requirements_docs.txt b/requirements_docs.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3297214..0000000
--- a/requirements_docs.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-numpy
-scipy
-pyscf