diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 2a3c920b45..dcf3204080 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ build:
 
 python:
   install:
-    - requirements: docs-requirements.txt
+    - requirements: rtd-requirements.txt
diff --git a/docs-requirements.txt b/docs-requirements.txt
index 43e2265f7c..d547e806a3 100644
--- a/docs-requirements.txt
+++ b/docs-requirements.txt
@@ -2,14 +2,6 @@ sphinx==7.1.2
 sphinx-rtd-theme==2.0.0rc4
 sphinx-autodoc-typehints==1.25.2
 
-# Need to install the api/sdk in the venv for autodoc. Modifying sys.path
-# doesn't work for pkg_resources.
--e "git+https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python.git#egg=opentelemetry-api&subdirectory=opentelemetry-api"
--e "git+https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python.git#egg=opentelemetry-semantic-conventions&subdirectory=opentelemetry-semantic-conventions"
--e "git+https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python.git#egg=opentelemetry-sdk&subdirectory=opentelemetry-sdk"
--e "git+https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib.git#egg=opentelemetry-util-http&subdirectory=util/opentelemetry-util-http"
-./opentelemetry-instrumentation
-
 # Required by opentelemetry-instrumentation
 fastapi>=0.65.2
 pymemcache~=1.3
diff --git a/rtd-requirements.txt b/rtd-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b68781bd8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rtd-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Need to install the api/sdk in the venv for autodoc. Used by .readthedocs.yml
+opentelemetry-api @ git+https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python.git@main#egg=opentelemetry-api&subdirectory=opentelemetry-api
+opentelemetry-semantic-conventions @ git+https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python.git@main#egg=opentelemetry-semantic-conventions&subdirectory=opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
+opentelemetry-sdk @ git+https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python.git@main#egg=opentelemetry-sdk&subdirectory=opentelemetry-sdk
+./opentelemetry-instrumentation
+./util/opentelemetry-util-http
+-r ./docs-requirements.txt