diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 45cc590bd..18bc591e1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -55,11 +55,13 @@
             "pytest-cov",
             "pytest-rerunfailures",
             "pytest-xdist[psutil]",
+            "tox",
+        ],
+        "docs": [
             "sphinx",
             "sphinx-rtd-theme",
             "sphinxcontrib-apidoc",
-            "tox",
-        ]
+        ],
     },
     include_package_data=True,
     url="https://github.com/amazon-braket/amazon-braket-sdk-python",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 95c862106..f8da75234 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -107,11 +107,9 @@ commands =
 basepython = python3
 deps =
     {[test-deps]deps}
-    sphinx
-    sphinx-rtd-theme
-    sphinxcontrib-apidoc
 commands =
     sphinx-build -E -T -b html doc build/documentation/html -j auto
+extras = docs
 
 [testenv:serve-docs]
 basepython = python3