diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 3bf4180168..a7d810c8f3 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 
-import sphinx_rtd_theme
-
 
 # Run command `locust --help` and store output in cli-help-output.txt which is included in the docs
 def save_locust_help_output():
@@ -146,14 +144,10 @@ def save_locust_env_variables():
 html_show_sourcelink = False
 html_file_suffix = ".html"
 html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
-html_theme_path = [sphinx_rtd_theme.get_html_theme_path()]
-
 
 # Custom CSS overrides
 html_static_path = ["_static"]
-html_context = {
-    "css_files": ["_static/theme-overrides.css", "_static/css/rtd_sphinx_search.min.css"],
-}
+html_css_files = ["_static/theme-overrides.css", "_static/css/rtd_sphinx_search.min.css"]
 
 
 # HTML theme
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index dddc9834a1..31ef0011d6 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Sphinx-Substitution-Extensions==2020.9.30.0
 Pygments==2.16.1
 alabaster==0.7.16
 babel==2.13.0
-docutils==0.20.1
+docutils==0.18.1
 imagesize==1.4.1
 snowballstemmer==2.2.0
 sphinx-prompt==1.5.0