diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.coverage',
     'sphinx.ext.pngmath',
     'sphinx.ext.mathjax',
-    'IPython.sphinxext.ipython_console_highlighting',
-    'IPython.sphinxext.ipython_directive'
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
removing ipython directives from docs; wasn't building