diff --git a/for_tests/Dockerfile b/for_tests/Dockerfile
index 3abf22ed632c669ede4ff646e5ab195ab82dfb14..9228867e118c2e956c0acb8f66243cac7af87221 100644
--- a/for_tests/Dockerfile
+++ b/for_tests/Dockerfile
@@ -47,9 +47,3 @@ RUN wget https://mmseqs.com/latest/mmseqs-static_sse41.tar.gz &&\
     mv /tmp/mmseqs2/bin/mmseqs /usr/local/bin &&\
     # remove useless files
     rm -r /tmp/mmseqs2
-
-
-# Install sphinx
-
-RUN pip3 install sphinx &&\
-    pip3 install sphinx_rtd_theme
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