diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a4d10dd8..f1aee326 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ JOBS = 4
 all: $(SPHINX_CONF)
 	mkdir -p $(CPYTHON_CLONE)/locales/$(LANGUAGE)/
 	ln -nfs $(shell readlink -f .) $(CPYTHON_CLONE)/locales/$(LANGUAGE)/LC_MESSAGES
-	sed -i.old 's#python-docs-theme#git+https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme.git#' $(CPYTHON_CLONE)/Doc/Makefile
 	$(MAKE) -C $(CPYTHON_CLONE)/Doc/ VENVDIR=$(VENV) PYTHON=$(PYTHON) venv
-	mv $(CPYTHON_CLONE)/Doc/Makefile.old $(CPYTHON_CLONE)/Doc/Makefile
 	$(MAKE) -C $(CPYTHON_CLONE)/Doc/ VENVDIR=$(VENV) PYTHON=$(PYTHON) SPHINXOPTS='-qaEW -j$(JOBS) -D locale_dirs=../locales -D language=$(LANGUAGE) -D gettext_compact=0 -D latex_engine=xelatex -D latex_elements.inputenc= -D latex_elements.fontenc=' $(MODE)