diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 7e365e32..9569f6c9 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -1,27 +1,26 @@
-# .readthedocs.yaml
-# Read the Docs configuration file
-# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html for details
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/refs/heads/main/readthedocs/rtd_tests/fixtures/spec/v2/schema.json
+# https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html
 
 # Required
 version: 2
 
 build:
-  os: ubuntu-24.04
+  os: ubuntu-lts-latest
   tools:
-    python: mambaforge-latest
+    python: latest
+  apt_packages:
+    - graphviz
   jobs:
     post_checkout:
       - git fetch --unshallow || true
       - git config remote.origin.fetch '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*' || true
       - git fetch --all --tags || true
     pre_install:
-      - git update-index --assume-unchanged docs/rtd_environment.yaml docs/source/conf.py
+      - git update-index --assume-unchanged docs/source/conf.py
     post_install:
+      - pip install towncrier
       - git describe --exact-match || towncrier build --keep
 
-conda:
-  environment: docs/rtd_environment.yaml
-
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:
   builder: html
diff --git a/docs/rtd_environment.yaml b/docs/rtd_environment.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f2406d4..00000000
--- a/docs/rtd_environment.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-channels:
-  - conda-forge
-dependencies:
-  - python=3.13
-  - pip
-  - graphviz
-  - towncrier