diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index f08f7633e..0229cfb8f 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,19 +1,2 @@
+Sphinx
 sphinx-better-theme
-
-## requirements for working on docs
-#
-## install pillow from master if you're into that, but RtD needs this
-#pillow>=2.4.0
-#
-#Jinja2==2.7.1
-#MarkupSafe==0.18
-#Pygments==1.6
-#Sphinx==1.1.3
-#docopt==0.6.1
-#docutils==0.11
-#wsgiref==0.1.2
-#sphinx-better-theme==0.1.5
-#
-## livereload not strictly necessary but really useful (make livehtml)
-#tornado==3.1.1
-#livereload==1.0.1