diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 5ba2c66..b01b89d 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -93,11 +93,6 @@ man_pages = []
 # a list of builtin themes.
 html_theme = 'openstackdocs'
 
-def setup(app):
-    app.add_stylesheet('css/sidebar.css')
-
-html_static_path = ['static']
-
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
 # documentation.
diff --git a/doc/source/static/css/sidebar.css b/doc/source/static/css/sidebar.css
deleted file mode 100644
index b19951f..0000000
--- a/doc/source/static/css/sidebar.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-div.sidebar {
-    margin: 0 0 0.5em 1em;
-    border: 1px solid #ddb;
-    padding: 7px 7px 0 7px;
-    background-color: #ffe;
-    width: 40%;
-    float: right;
-}
-
-p.sidebar-title {
-    font-weight: bold;
-}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 260a61f..df48d23 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 pbr>=2.0.0,!=2.1.0  # Apache-2.0
-openstackdocstheme>=1.11.0 # Apache-2.0
+openstackdocstheme>=1.17.0 # Apache-2.0
 sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD