diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 22017fca..5be78526 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -9,15 +9,9 @@ build:
       - asdf plugin add uv
       - asdf install uv latest
       - asdf global uv latest
-      # Turn `python -m virtualenv` into `python -c pass`
-      - truncate --size 0 $( dirname $( uv python find ) )/../lib/python3*/site-packages/virtualenv/__main__.py
-    post_create_environment:
+    create_environment:
       - uv venv $READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH
-      # Turn `python -m pip` into `python -c pass`
-      - truncate --size 0 $( ls -d $READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH/lib/python3* )/site-packages/pip.py
-      # Use a cache dir in the same mount to halve the install time
-      - VIRTUAL_ENV=$READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH uv pip install --cache-dir $READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH/../../uv_cache --upgrade sphinx
-    post_install:
+    install:
       - VIRTUAL_ENV=$READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH uv pip install --cache-dir $READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH/../../uv_cache -r docs/requirements.txt
 
 sphinx: