diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7db8996a..8eb9bc7e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,10 +55,9 @@ The GUI's HTML file is automatically built when building the LOOT GUI binary, bu
 
 ## Building The Documentation
 
-The documentation is built using [Doxygen](http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/), [Breathe](https://breathe.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) and [Sphinx](http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/). Install them (Breathe and Sphinx support Python 2 and 3) and make sure they're accessible from your `PATH`, then:
+The documentation is built using [Doxygen](http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/), [Breathe](https://breathe.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) and [Sphinx](http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/). Install them (Breathe and Sphinx support Python 2 and 3) and make sure they're accessible from your `PATH`, then run:
 
 ```
-doxygen docs/api/Doxyfile
 sphinx-build -b html docs build/docs/sphinx
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index dcd45f98..fd1d47bd 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -22,14 +22,11 @@
 
 import subprocess, os
 
-read_the_docs_build = os.environ.get('READTHEDOCS', None) == 'True'
+output_directory = os.path.join('..', 'build', 'docs')
+if not os.path.exists(output_directory):
+    os.makedirs(output_directory)
 
-if read_the_docs_build:
-    output_directory = '../build/docs'
-    if not os.path.exists(output_directory):
-        os.makedirs(output_directory)
-
-    subprocess.call('doxygen', shell=True, cwd='..')
+subprocess.call(['doxygen', 'docs/api/Doxyfile'], cwd='..')
 
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------