diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 46e3e84..d3a800f 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
     'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
     'sphinx_antsibull_ext',
-    'ansible_basic_sphinx_ext',
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 0ea4ecc..0d9df9b 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-# ansible_basic_sphinx_ext still imports pkg_resources (removed in setuptools 82+).
-setuptools>=70.0.0,<81.0.0
 antsibull>=0.17.0
 antsibull-docs
 antsibull-changelog
 ansible-core>=2.16.0
 ansible-pygments
 sphinx-rtd-theme
-git+https://github.com/felixfontein/ansible-basic-sphinx-ext
 myst-parser