diff --git a/docs/environment.yml b/docs/environment.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 34b512ba53..0000000000
--- a/docs/environment.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-name: jupyter_server_docs
-dependencies:
-  - nodejs
-  - python
-  - pip
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5f305896c5..352e7a869a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling >=1.0"]
+requires = ["hatchling >=1.11"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ validate-bump = false
 artifacts = ["jupyter_server/static/style"]
 
 [tool.hatch.build.hooks.jupyter-builder]
-dependencies = ["hatch-jupyter-builder>=0.8"]
+dependencies = ["hatch-jupyter-builder>=0.8.1"]
 build-function = "hatch_jupyter_builder.npm_builder"
 ensured-targets = [
   "jupyter_server/static/style/bootstrap.min.css",
diff --git a/readthedocs.yml b/readthedocs.yml
index cd2b4eb9da..3e4c966740 100644
--- a/readthedocs.yml
+++ b/readthedocs.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 version: 2
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/source/conf.py
-conda:
-  environment: docs/environment.yml
 python:
   version: 3.8
   install: