diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index d161ec9b53..3546358553 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ mkdocs:
 build:
   os: ubuntu-20.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.11"
+    python: "3.13"
 
 python:
   install:
-    - requirements: pip_require.txt
     - requirements: requirements.txt
diff --git a/pip_require.txt b/pip_require.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2de5dd1f5b..0000000000
--- a/pip_require.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pip==23.3