diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 4838c3a..f08d97c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -69,28 +69,3 @@ jobs:
           env_vars: RUNNER_OS,PYTHON_VERSION
           name: codecov-umbrella
           fail_ci_if_error: false
-
-  docs-build:
-    name: Documentation build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: set up Python 3.8
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.8
-
-      - name: Install package
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install -e .
-
-      - name: Install documentation dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install -r docs/requirements-docs.txt
-
-      - name: Build docs
-        run: |
-          cd docs
-          make html
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index c921d24..962fe47 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Required
 version: 2
 
+# Conda env
+conda:
+  environment: ci/environment-docs.yml
+
 # Set the OS, Python version and other tools you might need
 build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -10,15 +14,3 @@ build:
 # Build documentation in the "docs/" directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py
-
-# Optionally build your docs in additional formats such as PDF and ePub
-# formats:
-#    - pdf
-#    - epub
-
-# Optional but recommended, declare the Python requirements required
-# to build your documentation
-# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/guides/reproducible-builds.html
-python:
-  install:
-    - requirements: docs/requirements-docs.txt
diff --git a/ci/environment-docs.yml b/ci/environment-docs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b1f319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/environment-docs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: cmweather-dev
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+  - numpydoc
+  - pydata-sphinx-theme
+  - nbsphinx
+  - ipython
+  - ipykernel
+  - netcdf4
+  - xarray
+  - pooch
diff --git a/docs/requirements-docs.txt b/docs/requirements-docs.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 49da3d9..0000000
--- a/docs/requirements-docs.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-numpydoc
-pydata-sphinx-theme
-nbsphinx
-ipython
-ipykernel
-- r ../requirements.txt