diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 7e82b16e..598f82de 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 cython
 tox
 unittest2
-sphinx
-sphinx_rtd_theme
-sphinx_autobuild
-sphinxcontrib-disqus
-autodoc
 coverage
 flake8
 pydocstyle
diff --git a/requirements-doc.txt b/requirements-doc.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a3b9cb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-doc.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+sphinx
+sphinx_rtd_theme
+sphinx_autobuild
+sphinxcontrib-disqus
+autodoc