diff --git a/doc/readthedocs-environment.yml b/doc/readthedocs-environment.yml
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+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+  - python>=3
+  - sphinx>=1.3
+  - sphinx_rtd_theme
+  - pandoc
+  - docutils
+  - nbconvert
+  - nbformat
+  - traitlets
+  - ipykernel
diff --git a/readthedocs.yml b/readthedocs.yml
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+conda:
+    file: doc/readthedocs-environment.yml
+python:
+    setup_py_install: true