diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4708dd7..a63a633 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run documentation generation
         if: startsWith(matrix.backend, 'none') != true
         run: |
-          cd docs && make html
+          cd docs && python3 -m sphinx -W -b html . build/html
       - name: Remove source directory to ensure that package from installation directory is used
         run: |
           rm -rf rbnicsx
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 1623267..0000000
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-SPHINXOPTS    ?=
-SPHINXBUILD   ?= sphinx-build
-SOURCEDIR     = .
-BUILDDIR      = build
-
-help:
-	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
-
-.PHONY: help Makefile
-
-%: Makefile
-	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)