diff --git a/doc/environment.yml b/doc/environment.yml
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index 0000000..735af6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/environment.yml
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+name: geopandas_docs
+channels:
+- conda-forge
+dependencies:
+- python=3.4
+- pandas
+- shapely
+- fiona
+- pyproj
+- six
+- geopy
+- matplotlib
+- descartes
+- sphinx
+- sphinx_rtd_theme
+- ipython
diff --git a/readthedocs.yml b/readthedocs.yml
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+++ b/readthedocs.yml
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+conda:
+    file: doc/environment.yml
+python:
+    version: 3
+    setup_py_install: true
diff --git a/requirements_rtd.txt b/requirements_rtd.txt
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--- a/requirements_rtd.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-sphinx_rtd_theme
-ipython