diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-pages.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs-pages.yaml
index 7f45132c9c..6978880a11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-pages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-pages.yaml
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.7
       - name: Set up env
         run: make -C docs setupenv
-      - name: Build driver
-        run: python setup.py develop
       - name: Build docs
         run: make -C docs multiversion
       - name: Build redirects
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml
index 203d41aed5..adca978bb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,5 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.7
       - name: Set up env
         run: make -C docs setupenv
-      - name: Build driver
-        run: python setup.py develop
       - name: Build docs
         run: make -C docs test
diff --git a/docs/pyproject.toml b/docs/pyproject.toml
index 4df97e833e..36e1ae49c2 100644
--- a/docs/pyproject.toml
+++ b/docs/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ sphinx-sitemap = "2.5.1"
 sphinx-scylladb-theme = "~1.6.1"
 sphinx-multiversion-scylla = "~0.3.1"
 Sphinx = "7.2.6"
+geomet = ">=0.1,<0.3"
+six = ">=1.9"
+gevent = "^23.9.1"
+eventlet = "^0.33.3"
+scales = "^1.0.9"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry>=0.12"]