diff --git a/doc/_static/patch_templates/layout.html b/doc/_static/patch_templates/layout.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0815d4397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/_static/patch_templates/layout.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{% extends "!layout.html" %}
+
+{% block extrahead %}
+  {{ super() }}
+  <link rel="preload" href="/switcher.json" as="fetch" crossorigin="anonymous">
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 653ef2d2d..4aec8e1a0 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 
 html_static_path += ['_static']  # noqa
 
-if pydata_sphinx_theme.__version__ == '0.16.1':
+# if pydata_sphinx_theme.__version__ == '0.16.1':
     # See https://github.com/pydata/pydata-sphinx-theme/issues/2088
-    templates_path.append('_static/patch_templates')  # noqa
+templates_path.append('_static/patch_templates')  # noqa
 
 html_css_files += ['custom.css']  # noqa