diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index b7cbcd588..799f62a7d 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -42,8 +42,18 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     - id: flake8
 
-# -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-#     rev: v0.910
-#     hooks:
-#     -   id: mypy
-#         additional_dependencies: [types-all]
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
+    rev: v0.910
+    hooks:
+    -   id: mypy
+        additional_dependencies: [
+            "types-all",  # A shim for the typeshed changes in mypy 0.900
+        ]
+        # "--ignore-missing-imports" prevents "Cannot find implementation or library stub for module"
+        # in pre-commit virtualenv
+        args: [
+            "--ignore-missing-imports",
+            "--strict",
+            "--implicit-reexport"
+        ]
+        exclude: ^examples
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 8528fcadf..3a102597e 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # list see the documentation:
 # http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/config
 
-import importlib.util
 import os
 
 # -- Path setup --------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -20,16 +19,12 @@
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
 # Get package version directly from file
-#
-# Importing 'pitop' requires all core dependencies to be installed
-# which is impractical for building docs
-spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("version", f"{PARENT}/pitop/version.py")
-modulevar = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
-spec.loader.exec_module(modulevar)
+with open(os.path.join(PARENT, "pitop", "version.txt"), "w") as f:
+    version = f.read().strip()
 
 project = "pitop"
 author = "pi-top (CEED Ltd)"
-release = modulevar.__version__
+release = version
 copyright = "pi-top 2021"
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------