diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index eeb4c4cb..e3d5c6ce 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ site_name: NodeMCU Documentation
 site_description: Description of the NodeMCU documentation
 repo_url: https://github.com/nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware/
 
-theme: readthedocs
+theme:
+  name: "readthedocs"
 strict: true
 
 markdown_extensions:
@@ -18,8 +19,6 @@ extra_css:
 extra_javascript:
 - js/extra.js
 
-site_favicon: img/favicon.png
-
 pages:
 - Overview: 'index.md'
 - English: