diff --git a/dev_tools/build_sphinx_docs.sh b/dev_tools/build_sphinx_docs.sh
index 537f66844..84ce4b129 100644
--- a/dev_tools/build_sphinx_docs.sh
+++ b/dev_tools/build_sphinx_docs.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 # or mock the desired packages in docs/source/conf.py
 pip install sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme nbsphinx
 
-# This environment seems to work for building the docs.
-# Something fishy otherwise.
-pip install -r requirements.txt
-
 # Support for LaTeX
 sudo apt-get install -y latexmk texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended pandoc dvipng
 
diff --git a/dev_tools/requirements.txt b/dev_tools/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 304513540..000000000
--- a/dev_tools/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,188 +0,0 @@
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-amazon-braket-schemas==1.1.3
-amazon-braket-sdk==1.5.15
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-attrs==20.3.0
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-backcall==0.2.0
-backoff==1.10.0
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-bitarray==2.0.1
-bleach==4.1.0
-boltons==20.2.1
-boto3==1.17.66
-botocore==1.20.66
-cachetools==4.2.2
-certifi==2020.12.5
-cffi==1.14.5
-chardet==4.0.0
-charset-normalizer==2.0.7
-cirq==0.10.0
-cirq-aqt==0.13.1
-cirq-core==0.12.0
-cirq-google==0.12.0
-cirq-ionq==0.13.1
-cirq-pasqal==0.13.1
-cirq-rigetti==0.13.1
-cirq-web==0.13.1
-coverage==5.5
-cryptography==3.4.7
-cycler==0.10.0
-debugpy==1.5.1
-decorator==4.4.2
-defusedxml==0.7.1
-deprecation==2.1.0
-dill==0.3.3
-dlx==1.0.4
-docplex==2.20.204
-docutils==0.17.1
-duet==0.2.3
-entrypoints==0.3
-fastdtw==0.3.4
-fastjsonschema==2.15.0
-fonttools==4.27.1
-future==0.18.2
-geometric==0.9.7.2
-google-api-core==1.26.3
-google-auth==1.30.0
-google-cloud==0.34.0
-googleapis-common-protos==1.53.0
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-grpcio==1.37.1
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diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
index 6d0b5022f..79c6ad37a 100644
--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Welcome to tangelo's documentation!
    :caption: Contents:
 
    README
-   tutorials
    tangelo
 
 Indices and tables
diff --git a/tangelo/linq/qpu_connection/qemist_cloud_connection.py b/tangelo/linq/qpu_connection/qemist_cloud_connection.py
index c7e2f6544..8e051d278 100644
--- a/tangelo/linq/qpu_connection/qemist_cloud_connection.py
+++ b/tangelo/linq/qpu_connection/qemist_cloud_connection.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 """
 
 try:
-    from qemist_client import util
+    import qemist_client as qclient
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
     print("qemist_client python package not found (optional dependency for hardware experiment submission)")
 
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ def job_submit(circuit, n_shots, backend):
     job_options = {'shots': n_shots, 'backend': backend}
 
     # Submit the problem
-    qemist_cloud_job_id = util.solve_quantum_circuits_async(serialized_fragment=circuit_data,
-                                                            serialized_solver=job_options)[0]
+    qemist_cloud_job_id = qclient.util.solve_quantum_circuits_async(serialized_fragment=circuit_data,
+                                                                    serialized_solver=job_options)[0]
     return qemist_cloud_job_id
 
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def job_status(qemist_cloud_job_id):
     Returns:
         str: current status of the problem, as a string.
     """
-    res = util.get_problem_status(qemist_cloud_job_id)
+    res = qclient.util.get_problem_status(qemist_cloud_job_id)
 
     return res
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def job_cancel(qemist_cloud_job_id):
     Returns:
         dict: cancelled problems / subproblems.
     """
-    res = util.cancel_problems(qemist_cloud_job_id)
+    res = qclient.util.cancel_problems(qemist_cloud_job_id)
     # TODO: If res is coming out as an error code, we should raise an error
 
     return res
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def job_result(qemist_cloud_job_id):
     """
 
     try:
-        util.monitor_problem_status(problem_handle=qemist_cloud_job_id, verbose=False)
+        qclient.util.monitor_problem_status(problem_handle=qemist_cloud_job_id, verbose=False)
 
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         print(f"\nYour problem is still running with id {qemist_cloud_job_id}.\n")
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def job_result(qemist_cloud_job_id):
 
     # Once a result is available, retrieve it.
     # If the util module is not found earlier, an error has been raised.
-    output = util.get_quantum_results(problem_handle=qemist_cloud_job_id)[qemist_cloud_job_id]
+    output = qclient.util.get_quantum_results(problem_handle=qemist_cloud_job_id)[qemist_cloud_job_id]
 
     # Amazon Braket: parsing of output
     freqs = output['result']['results']['measurement_probabilities']
@@ -155,6 +155,6 @@ def job_estimate(circuit, n_shots, backend=None):
     if backend:
         job_options['backend'] = backend
 
-    price_estimate = util.check_qpu_cost(circuit_data, job_options)
+    price_estimate = qclient.util.check_qpu_cost(circuit_data, job_options)
 
     return price_estimate