diff --git a/.cspell.json b/.cspell.json
index ce350a73..fb7b3352 100644
--- a/.cspell.json
+++ b/.cspell.json
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
   ],
   "ignorePaths": [
     "**/*.bib",
-    "**/*.rst_t",
     "**/.cspell.json",
     ".constraints/*.txt",
     ".editorconfig",
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@
     ".vscode/*",
     "CITATION.cff",
     "codecov.yml",
-    "docs/_templates/*",
     "docs/conf.py",
     "pyproject.toml",
     "setup.cfg",
diff --git a/docs/_templates/genindex.html b/docs/_templates/genindex.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 21849ec3..00000000
--- a/docs/_templates/genindex.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-{% macro indexentries(firstname, links) %} {%- if links -%}
-<a href="{{ links[0][1] }}">
-  {%- if links[0][0] %}<strong
-    >{% endif -%} {{ firstname|e }} {%- if links[0][0] %}</strong
-  >{% endif -%}
-</a>
-
-{%- for ismain, link in links[1:] -%} ,
-<a href="{{ link }}"
-  >{% if ismain %}<strong
-    >{% endif -%} [{{ loop.index }}] {%- if ismain %}</strong
-  >{% endif -%}
-</a>
-{%- endfor %} {%- else %} {{ firstname|e }} {%- endif %} {% endmacro %} {%-
-extends "layout.html" %} {% set title = _('Index') %} {% block body %}
-
-<h1 id="index">{{ _('Index') }}</h1>
-
-<div class="genindex-jumpbox">
-  {% for key, dummy in genindexentries -%}
-  <a href="#{{ key }}"><strong>{{ key }}</strong></a>
-  {% if not loop.last %}| {% endif %} {%- endfor %}
-</div>
-
-{%- for key, entries in genindexentries %}
-<h2 id="{{ key }}">{{ key }}</h2>
-<table style="width: 100%" class="indextable genindextable">
-  <tr>
-    {%- for entryname, (links, subitems, _) in entries %}
-    <li>
-      {{ indexentries(entryname, links) }} {%- if subitems %}
-      <ul>
-        {%- for subentryname, subentrylinks in subitems %}
-        <li>{{ indexentries(subentryname, subentrylinks) }}</li>
-        {%- endfor %}
-      </ul>
-      {%- endif -%}
-    </li>
-    {%- endfor %}
-  </tr>
-</table>
-{% endfor %} {% endblock %} {% block sidebarrel %} {% if split_index %}
-<h4>{{ _('Index') }}</h4>
-<p>
-  {% for key, dummy in genindexentries -%}
-  <a href="{{ pathto('genindex-' + key) }}"><strong>{{ key }}</strong></a>
-  {% if not loop.last %}| {% endif %} {%- endfor %}
-</p>
-
-<p>
-  <a href="{{ pathto('genindex-all') }}"
-    ><strong>{{ _('Full index on one page') }}</strong></a
-  >
-</p>
-{% endif %} {{ super() }} {% endblock %}
diff --git a/docs/_templates/layout.html b/docs/_templates/layout.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 25d65cd5..00000000
--- a/docs/_templates/layout.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{% extends "!layout.html" %} {% block menu %} {{ super() }}
-<a href="{{pathto('py-modindex.html', 1)}}">Module Index (API)</a>
-<a href="{{pathto('genindex.html', 1)}}">General Index</a>
-{% endblock %}
diff --git a/docs/_templates/module.rst_t b/docs/_templates/module.rst_t
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d477106..00000000
--- a/docs/_templates/module.rst_t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{%- if show_headings and not separate %}
-{{ basename.split(".")[-1] | e | heading }}
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-  import {{ basename }}
-
-{% endif -%}
-.. automodule:: {{ qualname }}
-{%- for option in automodule_options %}
-  :{{ option }}:
-{%- endfor %}
diff --git a/docs/_templates/package.rst_t b/docs/_templates/package.rst_t
deleted file mode 100644
index cac2570e..00000000
--- a/docs/_templates/package.rst_t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-{%- macro automodule(modname, options) -%}
-.. automodule:: {{ modname }}
-{%- for option in options %}
-  :{{ option }}:
-{%- endfor %}
-{%- endmacro %}
-
-{%- macro toctree(docnames) -%}
-.. toctree::
-{% for docname in docnames %}
-  {{ docname }}
-{%- endfor %}
-{%- endmacro %}
-
-{{ pkgname.split(".")[-1] | e | heading }}
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-  import {{ pkgname }}
-
-{%- if modulefirst and not is_namespace %}
-{{ automodule(pkgname, automodule_options) }}
-{% endif %}
-
-{%- if not modulefirst and not is_namespace %}
-
-{{ automodule(pkgname, automodule_options) }}
-{% endif %}
-
-{%- if submodules or subpackages %}
-.. rubric:: Submodules and Subpackages
-{% endif %}
-
-{%- if subpackages %}
-
-{{ toctree(subpackages) }}
-{% endif %}
-{%- if submodules %}
-{% if separatemodules %}
-{{ toctree(submodules) }}
-{%- else %}
-{%- for submodule in submodules %}
-{% if show_headings %}
-{{- [submodule, "module"] | join(" ") | e | heading(2) }}
-{% endif %}
-{{ automodule(submodule, automodule_options) }}
-{% endfor %}
-{%- endif %}
-{% endif %}
diff --git a/docs/_templates/toc.rst_t b/docs/_templates/toc.rst_t
deleted file mode 100644
index cba06b1a..00000000
--- a/docs/_templates/toc.rst_t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{{ header | heading }}
-
-.. toctree::
-  :maxdepth: {{ maxdepth }}
-{% for docname in docnames %}
-  {{ docname }}
-{%- endfor %}