diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 7dae7279c1867108fb090f6e383882afacaf0ff9..ac7520c01c449db761f7803243b9ba3195596d9d 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 #
 import os
-import sys
 from typing import List
 
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("../"))
 from ess import __version__
 
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------