diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 25350dfdd..bd2a2b8b6 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ commands =
 commands = {posargs}
 
 [testenv:docs]
-usedevelop = True
 deps =
        -c{env:TOX_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
        -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ commands =
   sphinx-build -b html doc/source doc/build/html
 
 [testenv:pdf-docs]
-usedevelop = True
 deps = {[testenv:docs]deps}
 allowlist_externals =
   make