diff --git a/.saltstack/salt/hshetldocs/init.sls b/.saltstack/salt/hshetldocs/init.sls
index 2d0f1993804cf957b5ddee07d338646b7d0f2d25..21e1dd306a46d7dcaa032fb55a8b6b2c63e932e7 100644
--- a/.saltstack/salt/hshetldocs/init.sls
+++ b/.saltstack/salt/hshetldocs/init.sls
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ hshetldocs_git:
 hshetldocs_prereq:
   pkg.installed:
     - pkgs:
-      - python-sphinx
       - build-essential
       - python-virtualenv
 
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ hshetldocs_virtualenv:
   virtualenv.managed:
     - name: /srv/env/hshetl
     - python: /usr/bin/python2
-    - system_site_packages: False
     - requirements: /srv/hshetl/requirements.txt
     - require:
       - git: hshetldocs_git
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index d6a53f676ce62d9db298d1dca259663315e51020..65112c1b3d546ee8021d4e4ef8df440d058b91dd 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__) + '/../../')
 
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be extensions
 # coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones.
-extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc', 'sphinx.ext.doctest', 'sphinx.ext.intersphinx', 'sphinx.ext.todo', 'sphinx.ext.coverage', 'sphinx.ext.viewcode', 'sphinxarg.ext', 'sphinx.ext.graphviz', 'sphinx.ext.inheritance_diagram']
+extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc', 'sphinx.ext.doctest', 'sphinx.ext.intersphinx', 'sphinx.ext.todo', 'sphinx.ext.coverage', 'sphinx.ext.viewcode', 'sphinx.ext.graphviz', 'sphinx.ext.inheritance_diagram']
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ['_templates']
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cb3c1f2e3efe7e4cea5f8050aec610563a4927a5..2806c164989aa9137a6c1860716ae9abccef75ad 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sphinx-argparse
+Sphinx