diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index 0f1d17544..292c9fc86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ jobs:
       continue-on-error: false
 
     - name: Documentation
+      if: matrix.python-version != '3.7'
       run: |
         pip install ".[doc]"
         make -C doc html
diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index a90a7a496..81140d898 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-sphinx >= 7.1.2, < 7.2 ; python_version >= "3.8"
-sphinx == 4.3.2 ; python_version < "3.8"
-sphinxcontrib-applehelp >= 1.0.2, <= 1.0.4 ; python_version < "3.8"
-sphinxcontrib-devhelp == 1.0.2 ; python_version < "3.8"
-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp >= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.1 ; python_version < "3.8"
-sphinxcontrib-qthelp == 1.0.3 ; python_version < "3.8"
-sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml == 1.1.5 ; python_version < "3.8"
+sphinx >= 7.1.2, < 7.2
 sphinx_rtd_theme
 sphinx-autodoc-typehints