diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 563ed569..00000000
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{!README.md!}
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index dcb5e78a..33dff294 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 mkdocs==1.1
-markdown-include==0.5.1
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 3f3a68cf..409bbd83 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ extra_css:
     - assets/highlight.css
 markdown_extensions:
   - admonition
-  - markdown_include.include
 repo_url: https://github.com/jrnl-org/jrnl/
 site_author: Manuel Ebert
 site_description: Collect your thoughts and notes without leaving the command line.