diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 2af96f470f15a85a6eca6ef9ab314a6411368ee7..3baa3533ac0b86e9d0d338d69a80d74b4f6d2dda 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ todo_include_todos = True
 # A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
 #modindex_common_prefix = []
 
-sys.setrecursionlimit(2000)
 
 # -- Options for HTML output ---------------------------------------------------