diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 4d0b30ff38..0d1ea3acb7 100755
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -9,23 +9,14 @@ tag_date = 1
 
 [aliases]
 clean_egg_info = egg_info -RDb ''
-release = clean_egg_info sdist bdist_wheel build_sphinx
+release = clean_egg_info sdist bdist_wheel
 source = register sdist binary
 binary = bdist_egg upload --show-response
 test = pytest
 
-[build_sphinx]
-source-dir = docs/
-build-dir = docs/build
-all_files = 1
-
 [upload]
 repository = https://upload.pypi.io/legacy/
 
-[upload_docs]
-upload-dir = docs/build/html
-repository = https://pypi.python.org/pypi
-
 [sdist]
 formats = gztar zip
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6cde31f798..98b046f822 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ def _gen_console_scripts():
 
 needs_pytest = set(['ptr', 'pytest', 'test']).intersection(sys.argv)
 pytest_runner = ['pytest-runner'] if needs_pytest else []
-needs_sphinx = set(['build_sphinx', 'upload_docs', 'release']).intersection(sys.argv)
-sphinx = ['sphinx', 'rst.linker>=1.5'] if needs_sphinx else []
 needs_wheel = set(['release', 'bdist_wheel']).intersection(sys.argv)
 wheel = ['wheel'] if needs_wheel else []
 
@@ -158,7 +156,7 @@ def _gen_console_scripts():
         'pytest>=2.8',
     ] + (['mock'] if sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 3) else []),
     setup_requires=[
-    ] + sphinx + pytest_runner + wheel,
+    ] + pytest_runner + wheel,
 )
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':