diff --git a/docs/Guardfile b/docs/Guardfile
deleted file mode 100755
index 16a891a73..000000000
--- a/docs/Guardfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-from livereload.compiler import shell
-from livereload.task import Task
-
-Task.add("*.rst", shell("make html"))
-Task.add("*/*.rst", shell("make html"))
-Task.add("Makefile", shell("make html"))
-Task.add("conf.py", shell("make html"))
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 2cb6853d9..f0f6386f7 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ help:
 	@echo "  htmlview   to open the index page built by the html target in your browser"
 	@echo "  htmllive   to rebuild and reload HTML files in your browser"
 	@echo "  serve      to start a local server for viewing docs"
-	@echo "  livehtml   to start a local server for viewing docs and auto-reload on change"
 	@echo "  dirhtml    to make HTML files named index.html in directories"
 	@echo "  singlehtml to make a single large HTML file"
 	@echo "  pickle     to make pickle files"
@@ -207,10 +206,6 @@ htmllive: SPHINXBUILD = sphinx-autobuild
 htmllive: SPHINXOPTS = --open-browser --delay 0
 htmllive: html
 
-.PHONY: livehtml
-livehtml: html
-	livereload $(BUILDDIR)/html -p 33233
-
 .PHONY: serve
 serve:
 	cd $(BUILDDIR)/html; $(PYTHON) -m http.server