diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 90071ece..c4960deb 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-pre-commit>=1.10 # MIT License
-# this is required for the docs build jobs
-reno>=2.5.0  # Apache-2.0
-sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD
-openstackdocstheme>=1.17.0 # Apache-2.0
+pre-commit==1.13.0 # MIT License
+hacking!=0.13.0,<0.14,>=0.12.0 # Apache-2.0
+bashate>=0.5.1  # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9c38d599..9be5c2d7 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
-minversion = 1.6
-envlist = docs, linters
+minversion = 2.0
+envlist = linters
 skipdist = True
 
 [testenv]
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ whitelist_externals = bash
 deps = bindep
 commands = bindep test
 
-[testenv:docs]
-commands = python setup.py build_sphinx
-
 [testenv:bashate]
 envdir = {toxworkdir}/linters
 commands =
diff --git a/zuul.d/layout.yaml b/zuul.d/layout.yaml
index eaabe52d..6eec1658 100644
--- a/zuul.d/layout.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/layout.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 - project:
     templates:
       - check-requirements
-      - release-notes-jobs-python3
     check:
       jobs:
         - tripleo-ci-centos-7-scenario000-multinode-oooq-container-updates