diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75c0d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: 2
+
+# Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
+sphinx:
+  configuration: docs/conf.py
+
+formats: all
+
+python:
+  version: 3.7
+  install:
+    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
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diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 6019681..b9e9a8b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
 from git_version import git_version  # noqa: E402
 
-on_rtd = os.environ.get('READTHEDOCS', None) == 'True'
-
-if on_rtd:
-    subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', 'sphinx_bootstrap_theme', 'recommonmark', 'evdev'])
-
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 341fd90..1d58f15 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-docutils==0.14
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+docutils==0.14
+sphinx_bootstrap_theme
+recommonmark
+evdev
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