diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 14d2f0eba4f..e2e8d918392 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ build:
   image: latest
 python:
   version: 3.6
-  pip_install: true
+  pip_install: false