diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
index 5836da1c15..616873f56a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
@@ -18,15 +18,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Dependencies
-      run: |
-        export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-        sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt install -y git python3-venv make
-        echo `python3 --version`
-        python3 -m venv venv 
-        source venv/bin/activate 
-        pip install --upgrade pip setuptools 
       id: build
     - name: Build the docset
       run: | 
diff --git a/docs/source/_static/.gitkeep b/docs/source/_static/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index acf3230d7d..47a4e80774 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
 # ones.
-extensions = ["sphinx.ext.napoleon", "sphinx.ext.autodoc", 'sphinx_panels']
-panels_add_bootstrap_css = False
+extensions = ["sphinx.ext.napoleon", "sphinx.ext.autodoc", "sphinx_panels"]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ["_templates"]