diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 835c67b6a8..2142612932 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones.
 extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc',
-              'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
               'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
               'sphinxcontrib.httpdomain',
               'sphinxcontrib.pecanwsme.rest',
@@ -82,6 +81,3 @@ latex_documents = [
         'manual'
     ),
 ]
-
-# Example configuration for intersphinx: refer to the Python standard library.
-intersphinx_mapping = {'http://docs.python.org/': None}