diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index ec4090302..d5ba37a8f 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ sphinx:
 
 # Optionally set the version of Python and requirements required to build your docs
 python:
-    version: 3.7
     install:
         - requirements: docs/requirements.txt