diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c954bfc9561bb90a41cfde87cd6b795a006a2a73..4f5c3638d7476f2c13aaa55b5ced2947c300f66a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ stages:
 
       - source /storage/app/miniconda3/bin/activate /storage/app/EWS_prod/envs/conda/py3EWS/
       - pip install coverage
-      - pip install sphinx
-      - pip install nbsphinx
       - python3 -V  # Print out python version for debugging
       - mkdir $PACKAGES_DIR
       - mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR
@@ -288,6 +286,7 @@ pages:
   script:
     - echo "hello"
     - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR/docs
+    - pip install sphinx
     - make html
     - mkdir $CI_PROJECT_DIR/public
     - mv -rv $CI_PROJECT_DIR/docs/_build/html/* $CI_PROJECT_DIR/public/