diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f59b1673..00000000
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# Read the Docs configuration file
-# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html for details
-version: 2
-build:
-  os: "ubuntu-22.04"
-  tools:
-    python: "3.11"
-sphinx:
-  configuration: docs/source/conf.py
-formats:
-  - htmlzip
-  - pdf
-python:
-  install:
-    - requirements: docs/source/requirements.txt
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 176c13b8..72ddad50 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ with open(initFile) as inFile:
     else:
         release = "unknown"
 
-version = release.split("-")[0]
+version = release.partition("-")[0]
 
 # -- General Configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@ html_sidebars = {
     "**": ["navbar-logo", "sidebar-title", "sbt-sidebar-nav"],
 }
 
-# -- Options for HTMLHelp Output ---------------------------------------------
-
-# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
-htmlhelp_basename = "novelWriterDoc"
-
 # -- Options for LaTeX Output ------------------------------------------------
 
 latex_elements = {
@@ -84,11 +79,6 @@ latex_elements = {
     "figure_align": "htbp",
 }
 latex_logo = "_static/novelwriter-pdf.png"
-
-# Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
-# (source start file, target name, title,
-#  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
 latex_documents = [(
-    master_doc, "manual.tex", "User Guide",
-    author, "manual"
+    master_doc, "manual.tex", "User Guide", author, "manual"
 )]